A41 crash in Sandwell on 9 September 1998 at 05:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A41 in Sandwell at 05:50 on Wednesday 9 September 1998. The 42-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Sep 1998
- Wednesday, 05:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54574, longitude -2.01809, in the WS10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wednesbury.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199820K173501
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2006.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 6 February 2006
At the same spotRef 200620K014701
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A41 in Sandwell, 19 December 2001
At the same spotRef 200120K603801
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 22 March 2007
10 m awayRef 200720K026601
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 4 March 2009
14 m awayRef 200920K016801
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 18 July 2021
14 m awayRef 2021201107584
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 30 November 2025
15 m awayRef 2025201676074
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 42, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 199820K173501 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 1998.