Serious B4096 crash in Birmingham on 7 July 2025 at 07:15 involving a BYD Seal Design EV
A BYD Seal Design EV and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4096 in Birmingham at 07:15 on Monday 7 July 2025. The 54-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Jul 2025
- Monday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- BYD Seal Design EV and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38504, longitude -1.98732, in the B31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longbridge & West Heath, Birmingham, B31 2DZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201628205
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4096
- 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
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2022.
Slight
Car crash on the B4096 in Birmingham, 21 November 2022
7 m awayRef 2022201275060
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4096 in Bromsgrove, 10 July 1990
11 m awayRef 1990220207009
Serious
Volkswagen Caddymaxi crash on the B4096 in Birmingham, 25 September 2024
48 m awayRef 2024201563510
Serious
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Bromsgrove, 2 October 1990
61 m awayRef 1990220210007
Slight
Rover Range Rover crash on the B4096 in Birmingham, 27 December 2000
61 m awayRef 200020E320301
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the B4096 in Birmingham, 9 June 2022
64 m awayRef 2022201265837
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BYD Seal Design EV
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Driver sex
- Female
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 54, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2025201628205 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.