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A459 crash in Sandwell on 31 December 2000 at 07:45 involving a Rover Mini

A Rover Mini crashed on the A459 in Sandwell at 07:45 on Sunday 31 December 2000. The 53-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2000
Sunday, 07:45
Vehicles
1
Rover Mini
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47494, longitude -2.06725, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020K155402
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
459
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Mini)

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 200020K155402 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.