A4540 crash in Birmingham on 11 November 2025 at 08:30 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Toyota Auris were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 08:30 on Tuesday 11 November 2025. The 54-year-old male driver of the Toyota Auris was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Tuesday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Toyota Auris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48469, longitude -1.91992, in the B1 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
- 2025201667285
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4540
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 457
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 29 September 2019.
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 29 September 2019
2 m awayRef 2019200886734
Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 25 November 2023
4 m awayRef 2023201422180
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A457 in Birmingham, 25 March 2009
5 m awayRef 200920F060902
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A457 in Birmingham, 25 January 2013
5 m awayRef 201320W009743
Slight
Honda crash on the A457 in Birmingham, 18 January 2000
5 m awayRef 200020F017701
Slight
Piaggio NRG crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 27 August 2004
5 m awayRef 200420F228602
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)
- 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 2025201667285 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.