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A461 crash in Sandwell on 24 April 2000 at 15:52 involving a Citroen Xantia

A Citroen Xantia and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A461 in Sandwell at 15:52 on Monday 24 April 2000. A 34-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series and a 4-year-old male passenger in the Citroen Xantia were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Apr 2000
Monday, 15:52
Vehicles
2
Citroen Xantia and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56477, longitude -2.00425, 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
200020K042201
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
461
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xantia)

    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 200020K042201 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 2000.