Great Hampton Street crash live after man killed and another injured

Mat MacDonald, co-chair of Better Streets for Birmingham, responded to the devastating news that a man had lost his life in the collision.

“It is absolutely heartbreaking to see that once again, somewhere in our city, another family is waking up to the most unimaginable grief. Our thoughts are with them and everyone else who has been affected by this horrific collision.

“There is no justification for this tragedy. Birmingham’s streets are not fit for purpose. We do not accept a violent death every two weeks as the price to pay for people to be able to move around.”

“There is an emergency on our streets and more investment is desperately needed to make them safer. We have been calling for action on this for over a year but very little has changed.

“Our local and regional leaders must urgently determine how and when they will finally tackle this problem, before more lives are lost.”

Shopkeepers responded to the collision which claimed the life of a man in his sixties and left another in hospital.

One told BirminghamLive: “It could have been any one of us.”

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Police said a driver involved in the fatal collision was “assisting with their investigations”.

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Harmit Arora, a 23-year-old shop worker, told BirminghamLive: “This road is very busy, it could have been any one of us. It scares you because it’s not nice to see these things happening.

“We can’t walk safely on our own paths. We go to the stores where the accident happened.”

Witnesses at the scene of the collision said “two people were injured.”

Jaswinder Allwadi 40, the director of Xtreme Juice, told BirminghamLive: “We were all working inside and heard a loud noise.

“I went out and saw the second man hit by a car. Behind him, another man was on the ground.”

Local workers Jaspal, 35, and Gurjeet Singh, 30, told BirminghamLive the collision was “horrific”.

They said: “There were three ambulances and seven to eight police cars arrived.

“The locals came to help. It was very serious.”

Shocking CCTV footage seen by BirminghamLive appears to show a pedestrian being hit by a car near a bus stop on Great Hampton Street.

BirminghamLive has contacted police and the ambulance service regarding the incident.

The A34 Birchfield Road is cleared after an earlier incident.

The accident happened early in the morning and, according to witnesses, involved an Uber.

Buses are being diverted following a police incident on Hockley Hill.

NX West Midlands posted: “Due to an incident on Hockley Hill, services 16 and 74 from Hockley are being diverted to Birmingham only via: New John Street West, Lucas Circus, Well Street

“We apologize for any disruption to your travel.”

Police were called to the scene of a serious collision on Great Hampton Street, near its intersection with Well Street and Vyse Street, at 3.45pm yesterday.

The neighbouring street merges with Hockley Hill.

Police were at the scene of an accident last night.

The traffic data monitor said: “Hockley Hill southbound closed, heavy traffic due to police incident from Hockley Circus to Hockley Street.

“Closed since Sunday afternoon. Reopening northbound overnight. Diversion – bus line 74.”

Good morning.

Police are dealing with a crash on the A34 Birchfield Road.

This caused delays with the tunnel exit blocked.