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B72 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,473 road traffic collisions in the B72 postcode district, Birmingham, from 1980 to 2025, and 1,898 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 17 were fatal and 247 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 16 collisions, up from 15 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
1,473
1,980th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,898
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
17
18 people killed
Serious collisions
247
271 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
16
15 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
21
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for B72

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal171.2%
  • Serious24717%
  • Slight1,20982%

What the data shows

  • B72 had 165 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 276 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in B72 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 250 children under 16 were killed or injured in B72, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in B72.

Where B72 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,980th
Most casualties
2,036th
Most fatal collisions
2,230th
Most serious collisions
2,139th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday208 (14%)
  • Tuesday207 (14%)
  • Wednesday205 (14%)
  • Thursday227 (15%)
  • Friday269 (18%)
  • Saturday212 (14%)
  • Sunday145 (9.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,048 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit411 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,281 (87%)
  • One way street or slip road113 (7.7%)
  • Roundabout52 (3.5%)
  • Dual carriageway24 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph1,319 (90%)
  • 40 mph145 (9.8%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,073 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds229 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds18 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.3%)
  • Other78 (5.3%)
  • Not recorded42 (2.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,016 (54%)
  • Pedestrian481 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist133 (7%)
  • Cyclist126 (6.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant105 (5.5%)
  • Van occupant14 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant11 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

B72 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in B72, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in B72 peaked at 53 in 2004; 2025 had 16.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251621
20241516
20231518
20222123
20211011
20201421
20191524
20181827
20172534
20161619
20151325
20141925
20131818
20122330
20113946
20102936
20092737
20083648
20073043
20064253
20054658
20045369
20035063
20023751
20014757
20005273
19994355
19984055
19973848
19964152
19954044
19943449
19934353
19923442
19913243
19904863
19893745
19882841
19873642
198600
19853136
19844760
19834561
19824856
19813950
19804357

Map of recent crashes in B72

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in B72

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in B72

The 24 most recent collisions in B72 happened between 23 April 2024 and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in B72

The A5127 has the most collisions in B72, 744 of 1,473 (51%), followed by the B4148 (27).

Collisions in B72 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA512774495413118
2ndB4148274404

Council area for B72

B72 is in Birmingham, where police recorded 163,817 collisions from 1979 to 2025. B72 accounts for 0.9% of them.

Town in B72

Of the 1,473 collisions in B72, 1,435 (97%) were in Royal Sutton Coldfield.