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B6 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,520 road traffic collisions in the B6 postcode district, Birmingham, from 1980 to 2025, and 7,521 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 61 were fatal and 889 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 75 collisions, down 28% on 2024 (104).

Collisions since 1980
5,520
422nd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
7,521
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
61
64 people killed
Serious collisions
889
1,032 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
75
Down 28% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
114
Down 22% on 2024

Road collision statistics for B6

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal611.1%
  • Serious88916%
  • Slight4,57083%

What the data shows

  • B6 had 910 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 1,088 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in B6 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,193 children under 16 were killed or injured in B6, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in B6.

Where B6 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
422nd
Most casualties
383rd
Most fatal collisions
903rd
Most serious collisions
561st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday826 (15%)
  • Tuesday796 (14%)
  • Wednesday839 (15%)
  • Thursday761 (14%)
  • Friday924 (17%)
  • Saturday758 (14%)
  • Sunday616 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,885 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,586 (29%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown30 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (0.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,241 (59%)
  • Dual carriageway1,655 (30%)
  • Roundabout439 (8%)
  • One way street or slip road179 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph8 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph4,201 (76%)
  • 40 mph451 (8.2%)
  • 50 mph565 (10%)
  • 60 mph8 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph285 (5.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds4,237 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds765 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds72 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds45 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist23 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds19 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (under 0.1%)
  • Other241 (4.4%)
  • Not recorded116 (2.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant4,763 (63%)
  • Pedestrian1,405 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist401 (5.3%)
  • Cyclist389 (5.2%)
  • Van occupant216 (2.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant127 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)86 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant63 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant30 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant27 (0.4%)
  • Other5 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

B6 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in B6, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in B6 peaked at 169 in 1990; 2025 had 75.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202575114
2024104147
202383112
202289122
202196140
20206082
2019111163
201886119
2017104138
2016102161
2015135201
2014104152
201381125
201270110
201178114
2010108159
2009112157
2008135183
2007134183
2006131179
2005139218
2004129175
2003168236
2002168230
2001156222
2000155218
1999129182
1998123152
1997127167
1996110139
1995127161
1994147215
1993129168
1992124161
1991156198
1990169228
1989148189
1988130173
1987122154
198600
1985130173
1984147190
1983143173
1982151178
1981142182
1980153178

Map of recent crashes in B6

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in B6

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in B6

The 24 most recent collisions in B6 happened between 26 August and 25 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in B6

The A38(M) has the most collisions in B6, 595 of 5,520 (11%), followed by the A38 (520).

Collisions in B6 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA38(M)5959191376
2ndA38520685790
3rdA34446653761
4thB4137420570378
5thA4040340471272
6thM6302451643
7thA4540271376114
8thA5127220311132
9thB4140150199114
10thB4144129191213
11thB4132233410
12thB4114222606
13thM2111203
14thM16603
15thM105600
16thA74601

Council area for B6

B6 is in Birmingham, where police recorded 163,817 collisions from 1979 to 2025. B6 accounts for 3.4% of them.

Town in B6

All 5,520 collisions in B6 were in Birmingham.