Road crashes in Birmingham

77,693 recorded collisions since 2000.

Birmingham has recorded 77,693 road collisions since 2000, 610 of them fatal and 9,992 causing serious injury. That makes it the 1st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 14% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 7.9 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 49% since 2000, from 4,505 to 2,296 in 2024. The A4040 is the most affected road locally, with 5,049 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.