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B29 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,662 road traffic collisions in the B29 postcode district, Birmingham, from 1980 to 2025, and 5,890 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 50 were fatal and 828 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 63 collisions, up 26% on 2024 (50).

Collisions since 1980
4,662
660th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,890
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
50
51 people killed
Serious collisions
828
913 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
63
Up 26% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
75
Up 10% on 2024

Road collision statistics for B29

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal501.1%
  • Serious82818%
  • Slight3,78481%

What the data shows

  • B29 had 661 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 810 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in B29 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 758 children under 16 were killed or injured in B29, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in B29.

Where B29 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
660th
Most casualties
728th
Most fatal collisions
1,189th
Most serious collisions
678th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday665 (14%)
  • Tuesday715 (15%)
  • Wednesday685 (15%)
  • Thursday698 (15%)
  • Friday771 (17%)
  • Saturday661 (14%)
  • Sunday467 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,140 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,460 (31%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown36 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,110 (67%)
  • Dual carriageway1,235 (26%)
  • Roundabout175 (3.8%)
  • One way street or slip road133 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph3 (0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph50 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph4,047 (87%)
  • 40 mph559 (12%)
  • 50 mph2 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,580 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds640 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds59 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds34 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds25 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist24 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.1%)
  • Other205 (4.4%)
  • Not recorded90 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,056 (52%)
  • Pedestrian1,409 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist549 (9.3%)
  • Cyclist483 (8.2%)
  • Van occupant131 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant128 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant63 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant25 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)16 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant16 (0.3%)
  • Other4 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

B29 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in B29, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in B29 peaked at 160 in 2002; 2025 had 63.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 63
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20256375
20245068
20236181
20226177
20215666
20205471
20196184
20187595
20177892
2016102145
201591120
20145771
201379104
20127898
20117596
201082109
20097199
20087788
2007104136
200696118
2005116131
2004105120
2003131157
2002160190
2001142183
2000133175
1999130177
1998125155
1997140179
1996131171
1995130177
1994140176
1993122154
1992115146
1991122165
1990129159
1989109138
1988103133
198798120
198600
1985118151
1984156192
1983143173
1982132163
1981123149
1980138163

Map of recent crashes in B29

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in B29

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in B29

The 24 most recent collisions in B29 happened between 2 September and 26 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in B29

The A38 has the most collisions in B29, 1,174 of 4,662 (25%), followed by the A441 (432).

Collisions in B29 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA381,1741,47517197
2ndA441432565587
3rdA4040367445265
4thB4121196278229
5thB38487104023

Council area for B29

B29 is in Birmingham, where police recorded 163,817 collisions from 1979 to 2025. B29 accounts for 2.8% of them.

Town in B29

Of the 4,662 collisions in B29, 4,509 (97%) were in Birmingham.