Pedestrian death rate nearly doubles, report shows

Last year, the overall number of KSIs on the region's roads was 1,078 compared with 1,157 recorded in 2024.

However, the number of deaths in 2025 stood at 50, one more than the previous year, although less than the 57 recorded in 2023 and 62 in 2022.

Of those 50 deaths in 2025, 24 were pedestrians, three more than in 2024.

This represents a 48% proportion of annual road deaths being pedestrians, compared with 43% in 2024 and 28.5% in 2022.

The other deaths involved 13 drivers, three passengers, eight motorcyclists and two cyclists.

Birmingham recorded almost half the KSIs across the region with 500 recorded in 2025, although this is a reduction from 556 the year before.