Accident hotspots in Solihull: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 316 road collisions in Solihull in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
47.4
Road Risk Score
Solihull ranks 69 of 125 towns we score — band C, around average
52 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents, 104.1 vehicle crimes per 100,000, 38.3% of collisions involving someone outside a car, and a five-year trend of +14.1%. How the score works.
Vulnerable road users in Solihull (2025)
76 of Solihull's 316 collisions (24%) involved pedestrians; 24 of Solihull's 316 collisions (8%) involved cyclists; 21 of Solihull's 316 collisions (7%) involved motorcyclists. Together those collisions left 38 people killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Collisions | Share of all collisions | Killed or seriously injured | Serious-outcome rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 76 | 24% | 24 | 32% |
| Cyclists | 24 | 8% | 8 | 33% |
| Motorcyclists | 21 | 7% | 6 | 29% |
39 of Solihull’s collisions in 2025 involved a child casualty.
Solihull’s busiest collision clusters (2025)
Each circle is a ~100m cluster of police-reported collisions. Larger circles = more collisions; red = at least one death. Click a circle for details.
The short answer
Solihull recorded 316 police-reported collisions in 2025 — broadly flat year-on-year, or about 257 per 100,000 residents. Its most stubborn risk is Stratford Road, Billesley, a hotspot in 4 of the last 5 years.
316
Collisions in Solihull (2025)
410
People injured or killed
-2.2%
Change vs 2024
~329
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Solihull’s junctions that stay dangerous
These locations recorded multiple collisions in at least four of the last five years (2021–2025) — a persistent pattern, not a one-off bad year.
Stratford Road, Billesley
A34
17 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 33 casualties · 1 serious or fatal
Shaftmoor Lane, Acocks Green
B4217
11 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 12 casualties · 1 serious or fatal
Shaftmoor Lane, Springfield
B4217
9 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 13 casualties · 2 serious or fatal
Solihull’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westley Road, Acocks Green | A41 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Olton Boulevard West, Acocks Green | Local road | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Fox Hollies Road, Acocks Green | B4146 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Stratford Road, Billesley | A4040 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Stockfield Road, Acocks Green | A4040 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What to do with this: if your regular routes cross the junctions above, they deserve extra care at peak times — these aren’t random locations, they’re where collisions repeat. For context, Solihull’s rate of 257 per 100,000 residents compares with an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track. A junction with a documented five-year history is also the strongest evidence a campaign can put in front of a councillor.
Vulnerable road users in Solihull in 2025: 76 collisions involved a pedestrian, 24 a cyclist and 21 a motorcyclist — overall, 256.9 collisions per 100,000 residents.
Area definition: figures cover 6km radius of the town centre. Per-100k rates use the mid-2023 ONS population estimate for the named town or district; where the area is radius-defined, treat the rate as indicative.
These figures come from the Department for Transport’s STATS19 dataset — every collision reported to the police in 2025 — clustered to roughly 100 metres and labelled via OpenStreetMap. Only police-reported incidents are included, so minor damage-only bumps are undercounted. See the full UK hotspots analysis for the national picture and methodology.
Need this cut a different way? A junction’s full history, cyclist or pedestrian casualties on their own, or a before-and-after on a scheme: we produce those, free for community groups, campaigners and journalists.
Solihull over 5 years
Collisions per year in Solihull
2025: 316 (down 2.2% on the year before) · peak 336 in 2022 · +14.1% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
2022 was Solihull’s worst year of the period with 336 collisions, against 277 in 2021. Of 2025’s 410 casualties, 64 were killed or seriously injured (4 deaths, 60 serious).
Build the Solihull story from this page
Every line below is computed from the official DfT STATS19 dataset and updates when new data is released — copy, check, publish. Free to use with a link to this page as the source.
- “Police recorded 316 road collisions in Solihull in 2025, injuring or killing 410 people (DfT STATS19).
- “2022 was Solihull's worst year of the last 5 (336 collisions, against 277 in 2021).
- “Solihull's collision rate is 257 per 100,000 residents, against an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track.
- “76 collisions involved pedestrians, 24 collisions involved cyclists, 21 collisions involved motorcyclists — with 38 of those people killed or seriously injured.
- “39 collisions in Solihull involved a child casualty in 2025.
Attribution: “Analysis by Swift Assist (swiftassistuk.co.uk) of DfT STATS19 data” with a link to this page. Methodology: how we process the data.
How Solihull compares nationally
Solihull is the highway authority for these roads, which means the same body counted in the national comparison below is the one that maintains them.
Per mile driven
183 of 192
Per resident
133 of 188
Risk band
Lowest risk
Five-year trend
up 6.8%
Those two numbers disagree, and that is the story. Solihull sits 133 of 188 measured per resident but 183 of 192 measured per mile actually driven — a gap of 50 places. Measured against the traffic the network actually carries rather than the number of people living beside it, the record is better than the headline per-head figure implies.
The full record for Solihull — severity-adjusted casualties, the breakdown of who is being hurt, the darkness and ice profile, and a comparison against its ONS statistical neighbours rather than the national average — is on its own page.
Solihull’s full road risk record →What actually changes the odds in Solihull
Data is only useful if it changes what you do. These three are picked from Solihull’s own figures above, each with the number that prompted it. Every guide explains how the thing works before it suggests buying anything, and most cost less than a third of a typical insurance excess.
Dashcam (parking mode)
£50–£150
Collisions in Solihull are up 14% across the period. A dashcam with parking mode is the cheapest way to keep a disputed claim from becoming a 50/50 split.
How it works →
Faraday key pouch / box
£9–£25
Even at Solihull's 104 vehicle crimes per 100,000 residents, relay theft is the method that needs no tools and leaves no damage. The pouch is the cheapest thing that stops it.
How it works →
Steering wheel lock
£40–£70
Vehicle theft is target selection: thieves work a street and take the easiest car. A visible attack-rated bar moves your car down that list before anyone touches it.
How it works →
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