A4540 crash in Birmingham on 17 July 2025 at 17:12 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla hit a pedestrian on the A4540 in Birmingham at 17:12 on Thursday 17 July 2025. An 18-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jul 2025
- Thursday, 17:12
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45879, longitude -1.8724, in the B12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East, Birmingham, B11 4AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201617580
- 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
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 February 1998.
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on the B4167 in Birmingham, 13 February 1998
7 m awayRef 199820E046701
Slight
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 26 May 2022
9 m awayRef 2022201190527
Slight
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 24 June 2012
9 m awayRef 201220T032162
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 18 April 2005
9 m awayRef 200520E072803
Slight
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 28 February 2024
11 m awayRef 2024201416865
Slight
Hyundai Santa Fe crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 22 September 2006
14 m awayRef 200620E141503
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2025201617580 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.