Serious A4040 crash in Birmingham on 2 November 2025 at 18:30 involving a Peugeot 2008
A Peugeot 2008 and a Hyundai Amica were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 18:30 on Sunday 2 November 2025. The 31-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Amica was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Nov 2025
- Sunday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 2008 and Hyundai Amica
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51306, longitude -1.92195, in the B20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, B20 2DU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201667778
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 4040
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4124
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 2017.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 30 March 2017
2 m awayRef 2017200172814
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 28 May 2010
7 m awayRef 201020W014380
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 4 February 2012
7 m awayRef 201220W008232
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 21 October 2004
7 m awayRef 200420F280003
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 10 May 2000
7 m awayRef 200020F148001
Slight
MCW crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 7 June 2001
7 m awayRef 200120F206601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 2008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Amica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Amica)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2025201667778 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.