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B15 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,048 road traffic collisions in the B15 postcode district, Birmingham, from 1980 to 2025, and 5,484 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 49 were fatal and 604 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 69 collisions, up 17% on 2024 (59).

Collisions since 1980
4,048
871st highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,484
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
49
58 people killed
Serious collisions
604
682 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
69
Up 17% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
93
Up 16% on 2024

Road collision statistics for B15

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal491.2%
  • Serious60415%
  • Slight3,39584%

What the data shows

  • B15 had 603 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 23% fewer than the 788 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in B15 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 439 children under 16 were killed or injured in B15, 8.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in B15.

Where B15 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
871st
Most casualties
842nd
Most fatal collisions
1,220th
Most serious collisions
1,197th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday566 (14%)
  • Tuesday598 (15%)
  • Wednesday648 (16%)
  • Thursday629 (16%)
  • Friday683 (17%)
  • Saturday498 (12%)
  • Sunday426 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,609 (64%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,385 (34%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown36 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (0.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,474 (61%)
  • Dual carriageway903 (22%)
  • One way street or slip road408 (10%)
  • Roundabout250 (6.2%)
  • Not recorded13 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph59 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph3,533 (87%)
  • 40 mph453 (11%)
  • 60 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,006 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds626 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds47 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds44 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds19 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist11 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other190 (4.7%)
  • Not recorded104 (2.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,386 (62%)
  • Pedestrian905 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist367 (6.7%)
  • Cyclist356 (6.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant166 (3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant131 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant116 (2.1%)
  • Minibus occupant19 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant15 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)14 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

B15 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in B15, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in B15 peaked at 133 in 2002; 2025 had 69.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20256993
20245980
20236883
20225670
20215166
20202936
201975111
201874106
20175274
20167091
201587125
201483115
20136688
20125170
20116286
20106679
200990114
200885117
2007105130
200693125
2005110143
200496125
2003122176
2002133172
2001115164
2000132180
1999110143
1998115178
1997106163
1996122158
1995111161
1994107149
199383113
1992103127
1991101147
1990103128
1989115155
1988107141
198794141
198600
1985103135
198497115
198381102
1982111142
198190126
198090141

Map of recent crashes in B15

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in B15

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in B15

The 24 most recent collisions in B15 happened between 7 August and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in B15

The A456 has the most collisions in B15, 580 of 4,048 (14%), followed by the A4540 (527).

Collisions in B15 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA456580756988
2ndA45405277431088
3rdB4284410574768
4thB4217271382140
5thA38188237739
6thB4129169295227
7thB4124138189113
8thB4127122157224
9thA4040162012

Council area for B15

B15 is in Birmingham, where police recorded 163,817 collisions from 1979 to 2025. B15 accounts for 2.5% of them.

Town in B15

All 4,048 collisions in B15 were in Birmingham.