Serious A4540 crash in Birmingham on 13 March 2025 at 23:07 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series hit a pedestrian on the A4540 in Birmingham at 23:07 on Thursday 13 March 2025. A 22-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Mar 2025
- Thursday, 23:07
- Vehicles
- 1
- BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48957, longitude -1.88586, in the B7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown, Birmingham, B19 3SN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201570994
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4133
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 2013.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 4 January 2013
4 m awayRef 201320W001353
Slight
Leyland Cars Mini crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 3 February 1998
15 m awayRef 199820F028101
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 15 November 2021
17 m awayRef 2021201128036
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 14 August 2004
18 m awayRef 200420D278201
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 1 August 2006
22 m awayRef 200620F160701
Slight
Volvo crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 20 September 2006
24 m awayRef 200620D270701
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 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 2025201570994 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.