B4149 crash in Sandwell on 29 April 2002 at 17:27 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B4149 in Sandwell at 17:27 on Monday 29 April 2002. The 24-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Apr 2002
- Monday, 17:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53106, longitude -2.00174, in the B71 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hill Top, Sandwell, B70 0JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220K052601
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4149
- 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
- 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 slight injury crash on 16 October 2013.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 16 October 2013
At the same spotRef 201320K012843
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 19 June 2005
At the same spotRef 200520K059401
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 29 August 2015
At the same spotRef 201520K011885
Serious
Peugeot 2008 crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 23 January 2024
6 m awayRef 2024201408034
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 3 July 1999
10 m awayRef 199920K088101
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 6 May 2000
10 m awayRef 200020K047501
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
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 200220K052601 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.