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Balsall Common road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 343 road traffic collisions in Balsall Common, Solihull, from 1980 to 2025, and 483 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 102 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
343
1,437th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
483
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
102
127 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Balsall Common

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal51.5%
  • Serious10230%
  • Slight23669%

What the data shows

  • Balsall Common had 36 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 65 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in Balsall Common were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 74 children under 16 were killed or injured in Balsall Common, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Balsall Common.

Where Balsall Common ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,437th
Most casualties
1,358th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,137th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (14%)
  • Tuesday48 (14%)
  • Wednesday50 (15%)
  • Thursday53 (15%)
  • Friday52 (15%)
  • Saturday45 (13%)
  • Sunday46 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight256 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit83 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway299 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway22 (6.4%)
  • Roundabout18 (5.2%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph187 (55%)
  • 40 mph137 (40%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph10 (2.9%)
  • 70 mph6 (1.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds261 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds47 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Other19 (5.5%)
  • Not recorded7 (2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant307 (64%)
  • Pedestrian60 (12%)
  • Cyclist53 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist51 (11%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Balsall Common road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Balsall Common, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Balsall Common peaked at 14 in 1998; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202433
202327
202266
202134
202023
201967
201833
201722
201668
201545
201422
201333
201289
201166
201057
2009810
20081119
2007813
20061012
200555
20041114
20031316
200235
20011119
200099
1999713
19981425
19971319
19961015
19951319
1994914
199357
1992611
199179
19901014
1989910
1988812
19871017
198600
19851422
19841418
19831316
1982917
1981812
19801113

Map of recent crashes in Balsall Common

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Balsall Common

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Balsall Common

The 24 most recent collisions in Balsall Common happened between 26 July 2019 and 3 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Balsall Common

The A452 has the most collisions in Balsall Common, 178 of 343 (52%), followed by the A4023 (44).

Collisions in Balsall Common on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA452178266443
2ndA40234470022
3rdB41053846017
4thB4101223406

Council area for Balsall Common

Balsall Common is in Solihull, where police recorded 22,775 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Balsall Common accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Balsall Common

All 343 collisions in Balsall Common were in the CV7 postcode district.