A4040 crash in Birmingham on 12 September 2025 at 18:43 involving a Volvo XC40
A Volvo XC40 and a van were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 18:43 on Friday 12 September 2025. The 28-year-old female driver of the Volvo XC40 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Sep 2025
- Friday, 18:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo XC40 and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51575, longitude -1.83665, in the B24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pype Hayes, Birmingham, B24 9SR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201641014
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4040
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2016.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 7 September 2016
2 m awayRef 2016200105717
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 23 May 2025
3 m awayRef 2025201594089
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 1 August 2019
3 m awayRef 2019200886105
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 28 October 2001
4 m awayRef 200120D398701
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 7 February 2007
4 m awayRef 200720D042401
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 24 September 1998
4 m awayRef 199820D257201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo XC40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,477 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo XC40)
- 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 2025201641014 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.