A4540 crash in Birmingham on 17 March 2025 at 17:00 involving a Honda FR-V
A Honda FR-V and a Vauxhall Mokka were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 17:00 on Monday 17 March 2025. The 29-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Mokka 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
- 17 Mar 2025
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda FR-V and Vauxhall Mokka
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4753, longitude -1.87487, in the B9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B12 0LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201566751
- 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
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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 15 March 2003.
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 15 March 2003
4 m awayRef 200320D104503
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 28 July 2001
10 m awayRef 200120F261001
Slight
Peugeot 508 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 22 November 2023
19 m awayRef 2023201379284
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 3 January 2016
23 m awayRef 2016200037466
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 2 February 2015
27 m awayRef 201520W007685
Slight
Scania crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 1 March 2001
32 m awayRef 200120D125503
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda FR-V
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 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: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Mokka)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025201566751 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.