B4217 crash in Birmingham on 14 March 2025 at 09:40 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a Skoda Karoq were involved in a crash on the B4217 in Birmingham at 09:40 on Friday 14 March 2025. The 46-year-old male driver of the Skoda Karoq was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 20 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Friday, 09:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and Skoda Karoq
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46093, longitude -1.91617, in the B15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Edgbaston, Birmingham, B5 7XA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201565307
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4217
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4217
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 2014.
Slight
Chevrolet Kalos crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 21 July 2014
3 m awayRef 201420S040304
Serious
Ford Granada crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 19 May 2003
3 m awayRef 200320F130702
Slight
Nissan Cabstar crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 13 April 2001
3 m awayRef 200120F154801
Serious
Ford Kuga crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 20 November 2023
4 m awayRef 2023201448514
Slight
Mercedes 500 crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 15 November 2001
9 m awayRef 200120F368501
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 25 March 2010
11 m awayRef 201020F052012
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Skoda Karoq
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Karoq)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2025201565307 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.