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A4040 crash in Birmingham on 12 December 2025 at 08:50 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 08:50 on Friday 12 December 2025. The 46-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 2025
Friday, 08:50
Vehicles
2
Mercedes C Class and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42865, longitude -1.8996, in the B14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brandwood & King's Heath, Birmingham, B14 7QR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025201682189
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 2025201682189 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.