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# Pershore Road closed after cyclist is involved in crash with a lorry
- URL: https://www.birminghameastside.co.uk/pershore-road-closed-after-cyclist-is-involved-in-crash-with-a-lorry/
- Published: 2017-10-09T18:41:08.000Z
- Updated: 2017-10-09T18:41:08.000Z
- Description: A main route in Birmingham has been closed after a crash involving a cyclist and a lorry.
- Author: Birmingham Eastside
- Tags: News, #Migrated-1786701253228, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-14 09:54

![Emergency services at the scene of the crash on the Pershore Road](http://birminghameastside.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/crash.jpg)

Emergency services at the scene of the crash on the Pershore Road

A main route in Birmingham has been closed after a crash.

The Pershore Road was shut earlier this afternoon after a cyclist was involved in a collision with a heavy goods vehicle near Edgbaston cricket ground.

https://twitter.com/WMPolice/status/917418290850516992

One eyewitness told *Birmingham Eastside* that firefighters had to free the cyclist - believed to be a woman - from underneath the lorry.