A4540 crash in Birmingham on 5 November 2018 at 07:40 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 07:40 on Monday 5 November 2018. The 36-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Nov 2018
- Monday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4848, longitude -1.91911, in the B1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Soho & Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B18 6FG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200354115
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4540
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4135
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A457 in Birmingham, 15 January 2001
2 m awayRef 200120F068301
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A457 in Birmingham, 13 December 1998
2 m awayRef 199820F265601
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 7 June 2010
2 m awayRef 201020W015070
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B4135 in Birmingham, 28 June 2025
2 m awayRef 2025201620315
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A457 in Birmingham, 15 September 2003
2 m awayRef 200320F246602
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the A457 in Birmingham, 20 July 2008
2 m awayRef 200820F144701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 36, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2018200354115 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Birmingham road accident statistics for 2018.