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B70 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,436 road traffic collisions in the B70 postcode district, Sandwell, from 1980 to 2025, and 7,140 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 49 were fatal and 939 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 72 collisions, down 14% on 2024 (84).

Collisions since 1980
5,436
445th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
7,140
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
49
52 people killed
Serious collisions
939
1,059 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
72
Down 14% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
94
Down 18% on 2024

Road collision statistics for B70

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal490.9%
  • Serious93917%
  • Slight4,44882%

What the data shows

  • B70 had 733 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 1,011 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in B70 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,063 children under 16 were killed or injured in B70, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in B70.

Where B70 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
445th
Most casualties
456th
Most fatal collisions
1,220th
Most serious collisions
478th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday801 (15%)
  • Tuesday741 (14%)
  • Wednesday853 (16%)
  • Thursday822 (15%)
  • Friday980 (18%)
  • Saturday728 (13%)
  • Sunday511 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight4,010 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,371 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown31 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit13 (0.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,874 (71%)
  • Dual carriageway831 (15%)
  • Roundabout440 (8.1%)
  • One way street or slip road278 (5.1%)
  • Not recorded13 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph66 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph4,609 (85%)
  • 40 mph328 (6%)
  • 50 mph159 (2.9%)
  • 60 mph6 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph266 (4.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds4,112 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds777 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds90 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds77 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist25 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds21 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.1%)
  • Other235 (4.3%)
  • Not recorded95 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,903 (55%)
  • Pedestrian1,681 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist540 (7.6%)
  • Cyclist400 (5.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant258 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant194 (2.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)63 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant41 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant26 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant15 (0.2%)
  • Other9 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

B70 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in B70, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in B70 peaked at 182 in 1999; 2025 had 72.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 72
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20257294
202484114
202382114
202276102
20215974
20206486
20197091
20187184
20176997
201686106
20157492
201489133
201378104
20126892
201171106
201088133
2009142215
2008145194
2007116160
2006140205
2005127158
2004119161
2003136168
2002154201
2001165231
2000178224
1999182228
1998170221
1997145206
1996158209
1995129168
1994147185
1993136174
1992138173
1991143180
1990149204
1989151200
1988160206
1987129163
198600
1985144176
1984160191
1983138166
1982147183
1981128166
1980159202

Map of recent crashes in B70

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in B70

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in B70

The 24 most recent collisions in B70 happened between 2 September and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in B70

The A41 has the most collisions in B70, 794 of 5,436 (15%), followed by the M5 (288).

Collisions in B70 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA417941,0503122
2ndM5288425633
3rdA4031232335539
4thA4182190249332
5thA4035169236437
6thB4149149209328
7thA4196130170121
8thB4166129165220
9thA4034567027

Council area for B70

B70 is in Sandwell, where police recorded 42,064 collisions from 1979 to 2025. B70 accounts for 13% of them.

Towns in B70

Collisions in B70 were recorded in 2 towns, led by West Bromwich (5,010) and Oldbury, Sandwell (31).