A4540 crash in Birmingham on 1 January 2025 at 23:00 involving a Seat Leon
A Seat Leon and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 23:00 on Wednesday 1 January 2025. The 37-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jan 2025
- Wednesday, 23:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Leon and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49404, longitude -1.90767, in the B19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Soho & Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B3 1TH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201536752
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4540
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2001.
Slight
MAN crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 11 January 2001
21 m awayRef 200120F087601
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 4 December 2021
22 m awayRef 2021201149083
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 10 March 2002
27 m awayRef 200220F080203
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 8 February 2000
27 m awayRef 200020F042701
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 18 November 2004
29 m awayRef 200420F293703
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 9 July 2010
29 m awayRef 201020W023190
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025201536752 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 2025.