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Unclassified road crash in Sandwell B67 on 10 July 2002 at 13:00 involving an Austin Maestro

An Austin Maestro and a Renault lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 13:00 on Wednesday 10 July 2002. A 19-year-old female passenger in the Austin Maestro, the 35-year-old male driver of the Renault lorry and a 32-year-old male passenger in the Renault lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Jul 2002
Wednesday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Austin Maestro and Renault
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48296, longitude -1.98082, in the B67 postcode district and within the built-up area of Smethwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Smethwick, Sandwell, B67 6RJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220K095402
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (Renault)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (Renault)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200220K095402 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.