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Serious A4031 crash in Sandwell on 9 December 1998 at 10:11 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and an Austin Ambassador were involved in a crash on the A4031 in Sandwell at 10:11 on Wednesday 9 December 1998. A 2-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series was seriously injured and the 47-year-old male driver of the Austin Ambassador and the 36-year-old female driver of the Rover 400 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Dec 1998
Wednesday, 10:11
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Austin Ambassador
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52947, longitude -1.98979, in the B71 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820K247601
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4031
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Ambassador

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Ambassador)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199820K247601 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.