A34 crash in Birmingham on 29 July 2025 at 16:00 involving an Audi A5
An Audi A5 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A34 in Birmingham at 16:00 on Tuesday 29 July 2025. The 58-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Jul 2025
- Tuesday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A5 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52158, longitude -1.90114, in the B42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Perry Barr, Birmingham, B42 1SG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201622636
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- 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
- Unclassified
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 May 1999.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 11 May 1999
6 m awayRef 199920F121401
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 18 October 2017
22 m awayRef 2017200237524
Slight
Car crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 15 February 2020
25 m awayRef 2020200943973
Slight
Scania crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 18 May 2017
26 m awayRef 2017200188136
Slight
Car crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 29 June 1983
27 m awayRef 19832000C1303
Slight
Rover crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 15 September 1994
27 m awayRef 19942094W2222
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 58, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2025201622636 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.