Serious B4140 crash in Birmingham on 8 June 2025 at 04:09 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a DS DS7 were involved in a crash on the B4140 in Birmingham at 04:09 on Sunday 8 June 2025. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured and the 41-year-old female driver of the DS DS7 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Jun 2025
- Sunday, 04:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and DS DS7
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50793, longitude -1.89192, in the B6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aston, Birmingham, B20 3DP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201600073
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4140
- Road type
- Single 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2000.
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 25 July 2000
9 m awayRef 200020D227701
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4140 in Birmingham, 5 July 2021
11 m awayRef 2021201098209
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4140 in Birmingham, 12 May 2006
13 m awayRef 200620D129401
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 6 October 2001
13 m awayRef 200120D431601
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 7 February 2004
13 m awayRef 200420D107901
Slight
Hyundai Lantra crash on the B4140 in Birmingham, 1 July 2005
13 m awayRef 200520D198701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: DS DS7
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (DS DS7)
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 2025201600073 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.