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Serious A457 crash in Sandwell on 12 January 2002 at 17:25 involving a Ford

A Ford hit a pedestrian on the A457 in Sandwell at 17:25 on Saturday 12 January 2002. A 75-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Jan 2002
Saturday, 17:25
Vehicles
1
Ford
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5137, longitude -2.03916, in the B69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rowley Regis. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tividale, Sandwell, B69 2NZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220K005801
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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 15 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200220K005801 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 2002.