A4540 crash in Birmingham on 12 January 2025 at 19:47 involving a Nissan Note
A bicycle and a Nissan Note were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 19:47 on Sunday 12 January 2025. The 40-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jan 2025
- Sunday, 19:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Nissan Note
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46321, longitude -1.88724, in the B12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B5 7HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201541016
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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 control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4540
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 2017.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A435 in Birmingham, 30 March 2017
4 m awayRef 2017200172318
Serious
Seat Leon crash on the A435 in Birmingham, 27 April 2022
4 m awayRef 2022201195072
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 28 April 2017
5 m awayRef 2017200180811
Slight
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 21 September 2005
6 m awayRef 200520E171903
Slight
Toyota Previa crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 1 June 2013
9 m awayRef 201320T026923
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 29 June 2002
9 m awayRef 200220F180301
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 40, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2025201541016 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.