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B3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,091 road traffic collisions in the B3 postcode district, Birmingham, from 1980 to 2025, and 1,410 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 126 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 21 collisions, up from 16 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
1,091
2,162nd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,410
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
10 people killed
Serious collisions
126
133 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
21
16 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
24
Up 9% on 2024

Road collision statistics for B3

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal90.8%
  • Serious12612%
  • Slight95688%

What the data shows

  • B3 had 182 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 241 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 12% of collisions in B3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 57 children under 16 were killed or injured in B3, 4.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in B3.

Where B3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,162nd
Most casualties
2,192nd
Most fatal collisions
2,449th
Most serious collisions
2,397th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday169 (15%)
  • Tuesday168 (15%)
  • Wednesday171 (16%)
  • Thursday172 (16%)
  • Friday162 (15%)
  • Saturday124 (11%)
  • Sunday125 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight733 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit339 (31%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown14 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Dual carriageway415 (38%)
  • Single carriageway344 (32%)
  • One way street or slip road241 (22%)
  • Roundabout89 (8.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph23 (2.1%)
  • 30 mph861 (79%)
  • 40 mph203 (19%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds810 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds152 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other53 (4.9%)
  • Not recorded43 (3.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant734 (52%)
  • Pedestrian320 (23%)
  • Bus or coach occupant94 (6.7%)
  • Motorcyclist85 (6%)
  • Cyclist64 (4.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant64 (4.5%)
  • Van occupant30 (2.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

B3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in B3, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in B3 peaked at 48 in 2001; 2025 had 21.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 21
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252124
20241622
20231920
20221317
20211922
202078
20192134
20182328
20172237
20162133
20152226
20142028
20132327
20121418
20112028
20102741
20092526
20083547
20073143
20062436
20052935
20043239
20034145
20024172
20014856
20002943
19993044
19982530
19972935
19962328
19952935
19942429
19932430
19922430
19911415
19902532
19892528
19881415
19871520
198600
19852739
19842529
19831314
19822224
19812737
19803341

Map of recent crashes in B3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in B3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in B3

The 24 most recent collisions in B3 happened between 19 November 2024 and 28 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in B3

The A4400 has the most collisions in B3, 360 of 1,091 (33%), followed by the A41 (101).

Collisions in B3 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4400360488648
2ndA41101131215
3rdA6512629502
4thA457455806
5thA38293503
6thB413571402
7thB41005900

Council area for B3

B3 is in Birmingham, where police recorded 163,817 collisions from 1979 to 2025. B3 accounts for 0.7% of them.

Town in B3

All 1,091 collisions in B3 were in Birmingham.