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B4 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,157 road traffic collisions in the B4 postcode district, Birmingham, from 1980 to 2025, and 2,804 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 18 were fatal and 287 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 38 collisions, up 36% on 2024 (28).

Collisions since 1980
2,157
1,676th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,804
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
18
18 people killed
Serious collisions
287
339 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
38
Up 36% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
50
Up 25% on 2024

Road collision statistics for B4

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal180.8%
  • Serious28713%
  • Slight1,85286%

What the data shows

  • B4 had 360 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 491 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in B4 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 128 children under 16 were killed or injured in B4, 4.8% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in B4.

Where B4 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,676th
Most casualties
1,731st
Most fatal collisions
2,215th
Most serious collisions
2,040th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday314 (15%)
  • Tuesday345 (16%)
  • Wednesday318 (15%)
  • Thursday341 (16%)
  • Friday382 (18%)
  • Saturday300 (14%)
  • Sunday157 (7.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,562 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit576 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Dual carriageway874 (41%)
  • Single carriageway618 (29%)
  • Roundabout418 (19%)
  • One way street or slip road241 (11%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph5 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph111 (5.1%)
  • 30 mph1,574 (73%)
  • 40 mph459 (21%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.2%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,634 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds279 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds23 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other106 (4.9%)
  • Not recorded77 (3.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,349 (48%)
  • Pedestrian644 (23%)
  • Bus or coach occupant354 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist171 (6.1%)
  • Cyclist142 (5.1%)
  • Van occupant70 (2.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant41 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)20 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

B4 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in B4, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in B4 peaked at 74 in 2003; 2025 had 38.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 38
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253850
20242840
20233136
20224359
20213240
20203343
20194051
20184357
20173338
20163941
20153744
20143946
20133742
20123657
20113950
20103857
20096087
20087180
20077090
20066485
20057081
20047290
200374124
20026278
20016076
20006080
19995797
19984972
19973952
19964858
19955469
19943140
19935877
19924550
19914150
19904253
19895068
19883337
19874551
198600
19854558
19844256
19836891
19825268
19815878
19805157

Map of recent crashes in B4

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in B4

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in B4

The 24 most recent collisions in B4 happened between 22 June and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in B4

The A4400 has the most collisions in B4, 476 of 2,157 (22%), followed by the A41 (227).

Collisions in B4 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4400476659461
2ndA41227276024
3rdA38202274429
4thA4540184236128
5thB4114135190121
6thA34112158324
7thA476378014
8thB4100536017
9thB41335500
10thB41323400

Council area for B4

B4 is in Birmingham, where police recorded 163,817 collisions from 1979 to 2025. B4 accounts for 1.3% of them.

Towns in B4

Collisions in B4 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Birmingham (2,084) and Royal Sutton Coldfield (17).