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Serious A4100 crash in Sandwell on 3 December 1980 at 19:55 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A4100 in Sandwell at 19:55 on Wednesday 3 December 1980. A 35-year-old male passenger in the van was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Dec 1980
Wednesday, 19:55
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47281, longitude -2.08093, in the B64 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cradley Heath.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19802000K2644
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4100
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4173

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 19802000K2644 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.