Overview

• Data from West Midlands Police shows 471 serious or fatal road casualties from January to June 2025, down from 575 in the same period of 2024.
• Speed enforcement has been ramped up threefold, with mobile enforcement vans, motorway cameras and the average speed network together recording three times as many offences as last year.
• Birmingham City Council will introduce a maximum 30 mph limit on virtually all roads across the region before the end of 2025.
• Partners have funded new average speed and red light cameras and expanded school street schemes to restrict traffic near schools.
• West Midlands’ mayor, police chief and Road Safety Commissioner have pledged to sustain higher enforcement and infrastructure investments as part of a long-term drive to eradicate road fatalities.