A457 crash in Sandwell on 2 June 2000 at 13:50 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier, a Chrysler Neon and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on the A457 in Sandwell at 13:50 on Friday 2 June 2000. The 29-year-old female driver of the Chrysler Neon was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jun 2000
- Friday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50948, longitude -2.02782, in the B69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldbury.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200020K061702
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 457
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 March 2007.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 26 March 2007
10 m awayRef 200720K033102
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 21 October 2001
14 m awayRef 200120K183702
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 4 March 2004
14 m awayRef 200420K032902
Serious
Car crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 31 August 2014
14 m awayRef 201420K010404
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 26 December 2025
22 m awayRef 2025201688136
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 31 August 1982
22 m awayRef 19822000K2141
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Chrysler Neon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Chrysler Neon)
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 200020K061702 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.