A34 crash in Birmingham on 13 October 2025 at 15:17 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A34 in Birmingham at 15:17 on Monday 13 October 2025. The female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the female driver of the Nissan Qashqai were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Monday, 15:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43277, longitude -1.84534, 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 8NF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201656355
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- 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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 21 November 2016
9 m awayRef 2016200135994
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 29 June 2001
15 m awayRef 200120E180102
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 30 May 2006
15 m awayRef 200620E088502
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 20 April 2008
15 m awayRef 200820E071402
Slight
Yamaha YZF R6 crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 7 August 2004
15 m awayRef 200420E141502
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 5 April 2011
23 m awayRef 201120T022111
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025201656355 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.