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B2 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 696 road traffic collisions in the B2 postcode district, Birmingham, from 1980 to 2025, and 804 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 94 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
696
2,328th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
804
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
94
98 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for B2

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal50.7%
  • Serious9414%
  • Slight59786%

What the data shows

  • B2 had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 4% more than the 50 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in B2 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in B2 are between noon and 3pm, with 28% of collisions.
  • 55 children under 16 were killed or injured in B2, 7% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where B2 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,328th
Most casualties
2,383rd
Most fatal collisions
2,533rd
Most serious collisions
2,478th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday96 (14%)
  • Tuesday101 (15%)
  • Wednesday103 (15%)
  • Thursday94 (14%)
  • Friday144 (21%)
  • Saturday126 (18%)
  • Sunday32 (4.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight543 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit150 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • One way street or slip road490 (70%)
  • Single carriageway150 (22%)
  • Dual carriageway29 (4.2%)
  • Roundabout21 (3%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph18 (2.6%)
  • 15 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 20 mph30 (4.3%)
  • 30 mph642 (92%)
  • 40 mph4 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds561 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds68 (9.8%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other29 (4.2%)
  • Not recorded23 (3.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian465 (58%)
  • Bus or coach occupant209 (26%)
  • Car occupant75 (9.3%)
  • Motorcyclist25 (3.1%)
  • Cyclist16 (2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant12 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

B2 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in B2, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in B2 peaked at 48 in 1987; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
20241010
202344
202255
202155
202044
201999
201833
201744
201644
201522
201422
201322
201211
201144
201055
200944
20081115
200799
20061012
20051212
20041112
20031318
20021518
20012024
20001718
19991627
19982528
19971313
19961117
19951518
19941213
19931925
19921617
19912426
19903136
19893944
19882834
19874854
198600
19853038
19843539
19834448
19823233
19813549
19803335

Map of recent crashes in B2

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in B2

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in B2

The 24 most recent collisions in B2 happened between 1 November 2021 and 7 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in B2

The A4400 has the most collisions in B2, 28 of 696 (4%), followed by the A41 (7).

Collisions in B2 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4400282905
2ndA4171000
3rdA383600

Council area for B2

B2 is in Birmingham, where police recorded 163,817 collisions from 1979 to 2025. B2 accounts for 0.4% of them.

Town in B2

All 696 collisions in B2 were in Birmingham.