A4040 crash in Birmingham on 5 October 2025 at 01:56 involving a Seat Ibiza
A Seat Ibiza and a Peugeot 308 were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 01:56 on Sunday 5 October 2025. The 23-year-old male driver of the Seat Ibiza, a 20-year-old male passenger in the Seat Ibiza and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Seat Ibiza were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Oct 2025
- Sunday, 01:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Ibiza and Peugeot 308
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42906, longitude -1.84255, in the B28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hall Green North, Birmingham, B28 9ES area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201652117
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 34
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2024.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 6 October 2024
2 m awayRef 2024201500391
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 27 November 2019
2 m awayRef 2019200917334
Slight
BMW 2 Series crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 15 May 2023
3 m awayRef 2023201313329
Serious
BMW M3 crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 2 July 2025
3 m awayRef 2025201610862
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 20 December 2012
4 m awayRef 201220T502012
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 10 June 2014
4 m awayRef 201420T035264
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2025201652117 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.