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B9 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,677 road traffic collisions in the B9 postcode district, Birmingham, from 1980 to 2025, and 6,432 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 44 were fatal and 672 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 85 collisions, up 21% on 2024 (70).

Collisions since 1980
4,677
655th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
6,432
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
44
45 people killed
Serious collisions
672
776 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
85
Up 21% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
124
Up 31% on 2024

Road collision statistics for B9

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal440.9%
  • Serious67214%
  • Slight3,96185%

What the data shows

  • B9 had 864 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 1,057 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in B9 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,105 children under 16 were killed or injured in B9, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in B9.

Where B9 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
655th
Most casualties
603rd
Most fatal collisions
1,376th
Most serious collisions
1,017th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday715 (15%)
  • Tuesday664 (14%)
  • Wednesday670 (14%)
  • Thursday684 (15%)
  • Friday745 (16%)
  • Saturday638 (14%)
  • Sunday561 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,231 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,399 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown27 (0.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (0.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,692 (79%)
  • Dual carriageway698 (15%)
  • Roundabout260 (5.6%)
  • One way street or slip road20 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph74 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph4,306 (92%)
  • 40 mph296 (6.3%)
  • 60 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,585 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds618 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds51 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds40 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds25 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist15 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other209 (4.5%)
  • Not recorded133 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,893 (61%)
  • Pedestrian1,429 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist372 (5.8%)
  • Cyclist280 (4.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant159 (2.5%)
  • Van occupant113 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant108 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant31 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)26 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (0.1%)
  • Other5 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

B9 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in B9, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in B9 peaked at 171 in 2002; 2025 had 85.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202585124
20247095
202378106
202269112
202183107
20206286
201998126
201891116
2017108145
2016120177
201590133
201480117
201377103
20126892
20118198
2010101152
2009125194
2008135209
2007141195
2006159224
2005153215
2004148221
2003167235
2002171244
2001165241
2000156229
1999119161
1998121168
199799134
199698130
199598132
199479104
199380114
19926685
199184116
199087121
198989111
198881103
198780100
198600
19857996
1984105130
1983105137
1982102129
1981108125
1980116140

Map of recent crashes in B9

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in B9

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in B9

The 24 most recent collisions in B9 happened between 8 September and 25 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in B9

The B4128 has the most collisions in B9, 1,437 of 4,677 (31%), followed by the A4540 (362).

Collisions in B9 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB41281,4372,01817229
2ndA4540362490340
3rdB4145286419538
4thA4180120015
5thA45517205
6thB4100264602

Council area for B9

B9 is in Birmingham, where police recorded 163,817 collisions from 1979 to 2025. B9 accounts for 2.9% of them.

Town in B9

Of the 4,677 collisions in B9, 4,642 (99%) were in Birmingham.