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A5127 crash in Birmingham on 17 August 2025 at 09:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A5127 in Birmingham at 09:15 on Sunday 17 August 2025. The 50-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf, the 18-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and a 42-year-old male passenger in the Audi A3 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 2025
Sunday, 09:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Audi A3
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51993, longitude -1.84638, in the B23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6TG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025201629914
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5127
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2025201629914 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.