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B40 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 402 road traffic collisions in the B40 postcode district, Solihull, from 1980 to 2025, and 616 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 76 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
402
2,468th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
616
1.53 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
76
103 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for B40

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal41%
  • Serious7619%
  • Slight32280%

What the data shows

  • B40 had 45 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 82 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in B40 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 40 children under 16 were killed or injured in B40, 6.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in B40.

Where B40 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,468th
Most casualties
2,453rd
Most fatal collisions
2,573rd
Most serious collisions
2,517th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday56 (14%)
  • Tuesday62 (15%)
  • Wednesday53 (13%)
  • Thursday44 (11%)
  • Friday72 (18%)
  • Saturday43 (11%)
  • Sunday72 (18%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight299 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit96 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Dual carriageway225 (56%)
  • Roundabout86 (21%)
  • Single carriageway56 (14%)
  • One way street or slip road35 (8.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 15 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph169 (42%)
  • 40 mph36 (9%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph40 (10%)
  • 70 mph149 (37%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds300 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds54 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.7%)
  • Other25 (6.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant469 (76%)
  • Van occupant40 (6.5%)
  • Motorcyclist35 (5.7%)
  • Pedestrian26 (4.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)14 (2.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (1.8%)
  • Cyclist11 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

B40 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in B40, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in B40 peaked at 19 in 1995; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202568
20241012
2023615
202244
202122
202022
201922
201867
201734
201645
201555
201437
2013711
201246
20111116
20101216
2009911
20081218
20071318
2006612
20051320
20041322
20031116
2002814
20011219
20001325
19991724
19981018
19971825
19961727
19951930
19941219
19931429
19921518
1991612
19901426
1989812
198855
1987816
198612
1985810
198479
198324
19821217
1981812
198044

Map of recent crashes in B40

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in B40

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in B40

The 24 most recent collisions in B40 happened between 14 May 2022 and 9 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in B40

The M42 has the most collisions in B40, 148 of 402 (37%), followed by the A45 (50).

Collisions in B40 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM42148254231
2ndA45506207
3rdB4438232702
4thA452111911

Council area for B40

B40 is in Solihull, where police recorded 22,775 collisions from 1979 to 2025. B40 accounts for 1.8% of them.

Town in B40

Of the 402 collisions in B40, 234 (58%) were in Birmingham.