{"id":578009,"date":"2025-11-18T09:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/578009\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T09:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:37:20","slug":"lawley-middleway-crash-as-police-called-to-scene-and-drivers-urged-to-avoid-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/578009\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawley Middleway crash as police called to scene and drivers urged to avoid area"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lawley Middleway was blocked in both directions during rush hour\"TLawleyLawley Middleway(Image: Birmingham Mail)<\/p>\n

A major city route was blocked in both directions during rush hour this morning, November 18, following a crash.<\/p>\n

The A4540 Lawley Middleway, between Digbeth<\/a> and Bordesley Green<\/a>, was shut to traffic due to the collision.<\/p>\n

The road was closed between Garrison Circus and Curzon Circus.<\/a><\/p>\n

Drivers were urged to find alternative routes where possible.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/a><\/strong>Lawley Middleway crash live as major Birmingham route shut in both directions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Police were called to the scene of the crash.<\/p>\n

A West Midlands Police<\/a> spokesperson told BirminghamLive: “We’re currently at the scene of a collision in Lawley Middleway.<\/p>\n

“Officers are at the scene carrying out enquiries and drivers are advised to find alternate routes.”<\/p>\n

The force said it was unable to issue any further updates at this stage.<\/p>\n

West Midlands Roads warned drivers about delays in the area.<\/p>\n

It wrote on social media platform X: “Police incident – Lawley Middleway northbound (anti-clockwise Ring Road).<\/p>\n

“Road closed between Garrison Circus and Curzon Circus. Congestion in the area.<\/p>\n

“Allow extra time for your journey and consider alternative routes where possible.”<\/p>\n

A traffic update from Inrix read: “A4540 Lawley Middleway blocked in both directions.<\/p>\n

“Long delays due to police incident from Great Barr Street (Garrison Circus) to B4132 Vauxhall Road (Curzon Circus).”<\/p>\n

We have contacted West Midlands Ambulance Service<\/a> for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lawley Middleway was blocked in both directions during rush hourLawley Middleway(Image: Birmingham Mail) A major city route was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,983,10586,748,10587,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-578009","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city-centre","10":"tag-bordesley-green-and-small-heath","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-digbeth","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115570036705845049","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}