Skip to main content
CrashStats

A41 crash in Sandwell on 11 November 1980 at 19:10 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A41 in Sandwell at 19:10 on Tuesday 11 November 1980. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Nov 1980
Tuesday, 19:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52498, longitude -2.0029, in the B70 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19802000K2379
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19802000K2379 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sandwell road accident statistics for 1980.