Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B18 on 17 October 2025 at 16:00 involving an Iveco van
A car and an Iveco van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 16:00 on Friday 17 October 2025. The 47-year-old male driver of the Iveco van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Oct 2025
- Friday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Iveco
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48627, longitude -1.91893, in the B18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Soho & Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B18 6FG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201656386
- 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
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4540
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 1993.
Slight
Puch crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 4 November 1993
3 m awayRef 19932093C1702
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 3 January 1990
3 m awayRef 19902000C0017
Slight
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 23 October 1984
3 m awayRef 19842000C2321
Slight
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 19 September 1987
3 m awayRef 19872000C1148
Slight
Van crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 26 October 1989
3 m awayRef 19892000C1445
Slight
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 29 April 1985
3 m awayRef 19852000C0893
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Iveco
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Iveco)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2025201656386 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.