Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B25 on 15 November 2025 at 21:39 involving a Saab 9-3
Seven vehicles, including a Saab 9-3 and a Hyundai Ioniq taxi, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 21:39 on Saturday 15 November 2025. The 63-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Ioniq taxi was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Nov 2025
- Saturday, 21:39
- Vehicles
- 7
- Saab 9-3 and 6 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46029, longitude -1.81665, in the B25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Yardley, Birmingham, B26 1BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201670608
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- 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, 35 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 June 2009.
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 11 June 2009
35 m awayRef 200920E073903
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 23 October 2019
36 m awayRef 2019200908931
Slight
Car crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 24 October 2010
36 m awayRef 201020T043370
Slight
Car crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 2 December 2004
36 m awayRef 200420E501603
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 1 May 2006
36 m awayRef 200620E068103
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 20 June 2000
39 m awayRef 200020E152601
Vehicles involved (7)
Vehicle 1: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Ioniq
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 3: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 4: Peugeot 2008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 5: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 6: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 7: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Ioniq)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 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 2025201670608 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.