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B7 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,583 road traffic collisions in the B7 postcode district, Birmingham, from 1980 to 2025, and 3,678 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 39 were fatal and 456 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 59 collisions, up 11% on 2024 (53).

Collisions since 1980
2,583
1,483rd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
3,678
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
39
42 people killed
Serious collisions
456
557 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
59
Up 11% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
78
Down 8% on 2024

Road collision statistics for B7

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal391.5%
  • Serious45618%
  • Slight2,08881%

What the data shows

  • B7 had 589 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% more than the 482 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in B7 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 430 children under 16 were killed or injured in B7, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in B7.

Where B7 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,483rd
Most casualties
1,422nd
Most fatal collisions
1,538th
Most serious collisions
1,612th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday403 (16%)
  • Tuesday393 (15%)
  • Wednesday407 (16%)
  • Thursday373 (14%)
  • Friday401 (16%)
  • Saturday336 (13%)
  • Sunday270 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,734 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit813 (31%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown20 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit13 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,334 (52%)
  • Dual carriageway819 (32%)
  • Roundabout407 (16%)
  • One way street or slip road18 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph7 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph1,891 (73%)
  • 40 mph511 (20%)
  • 50 mph36 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph135 (5.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,946 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds380 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds28 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds27 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds14 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other127 (4.9%)
  • Not recorded50 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,459 (67%)
  • Pedestrian464 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist200 (5.4%)
  • Cyclist188 (5.1%)
  • Van occupant133 (3.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant95 (2.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant73 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)32 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant16 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant13 (0.4%)
  • Other4 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

B7 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in B7, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in B7 peaked at 95 in 2003; 2025 had 59.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20255978
20245385
202369110
20226096
202167108
20204562
20196997
20185982
20175476
20165472
20155684
20144153
20134259
20124049
20113958
20104165
20094677
20084978
20076187
20066797
20056696
200488138
200395117
200282109
200177117
20005672
19996391
19985578
19974353
19965983
19957199
19945775
19933858
19925373
19916789
199061103
19896492
19884464
19875667
198600
19854858
19845380
19835075
19825066
19814972
19806780

Map of recent crashes in B7

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in B7

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in B7

The 24 most recent collisions in B7 happened between 13 September and 22 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in B7

The A47 has the most collisions in B7, 580 of 2,583 (22%), followed by the A4540 (261).

Collisions in B7 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4758081914112
2ndA4540261404245
3rdB4132185252225
4thM6150232125
5thB4137558515
6thB4133375206
7thB4144336227
8thB4114253802
9thA38(M)131903
10thA38121601
11thA4097101213
12thM84601

Council area for B7

B7 is in Birmingham, where police recorded 163,817 collisions from 1979 to 2025. B7 accounts for 1.6% of them.

Town in B7

Of the 2,583 collisions in B7, 2,315 (90%) were in Birmingham.