A38 crash in Birmingham on 3 August 2025 at 00:05 involving a Peugeot 108
A Peugeot 108 and an Audi A1 were involved in a crash on the A38 in Birmingham at 00:05 on Sunday 3 August 2025. The 43-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 108 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
- 3 Aug 2025
- Sunday, 00:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 108 and Audi A1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.468, longitude -1.90077, in the B5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B5 7HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201624450
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- 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
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 8 October 2003.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 8 October 2003
4 m awayRef 200320F267801
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 24 May 2000
4 m awayRef 200020F148901
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 17 February 1999
11 m awayRef 199920F041201
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 14 March 2002
13 m awayRef 200220F084901
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 3 February 2005
13 m awayRef 200520F032401
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 2 November 2003
19 m awayRef 200320F305101
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 108
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 108)
- 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 2025201624450 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.