Road crashes in Solihull

9,794 recorded collisions since 2000.

Solihull has recorded 9,794 road collisions since 2000, 118 of them fatal and 1,412 causing serious injury. That makes it the 142nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 16% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 12 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 63% since 2000, from 669 to 247 in 2024. The M42 is the most affected road locally, with 763 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.