The death is the third involving a cyclist in Birmingham in as many weeks.
BBC News, West MidlandsIt happened on Coventry Road, in the Yardley area, at about 18:15 BST on Thursday and the boy died at the scene.
A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and being unfit through drugs and remains in custody, police said.West Midlands Ambulance Service said a pedestrian who had also been hit by a car near the scene was taken to the Heartlands Hospital with minor injuries.
The death is the third involving a cyclist in Birmingham in as many weeks and the area's cycling commissioner has called for urgent safety improvements. Adam Tranter, who was appointed in 2021, said that must include tougher policing and extra road safety measures from the city council.Speaking before the latest death, he said collisions involving cyclists happened "with such a regularity that you could be fooled into thinking that this is normal".The Better Streets for Birmingham group also called for improved safety in a letter published on Twitter on Friday.
It has invited people to a vigil on Saturday, at the junction of Belgrave Middleway and Horton Square, where a cyclistBirmingham City Council said it hoped to have a regional road safety strategy in place by the end of the year and had a target of cutting all traffic deaths and serious injuries.
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