A4182 crash in Sandwell on 12 October 2002 at 07:25 involving a Ford Fiesta
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Oct 2002
- Saturday, 07:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Renault 19
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50795, longitude -1.99069, in the B70 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Bromwich Central, Sandwell, B70 6RJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220K110201
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4182
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4031
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Oil or diesel
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 2013.
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the A4182 in Sandwell, 27 June 2013
At the same spotRef 201320K007643
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4182 in Sandwell, 5 March 2007
At the same spotRef 200720K019201
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 10 March 2022
6 m awayRef 2022201179074
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4182 in Sandwell, 5 November 2025
9 m awayRef 2025201665093
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4182 in Sandwell, 9 September 2002
10 m awayRef 200220K095601
Slight
Car crash on the A4182 in Sandwell, 20 October 2002
10 m awayRef 200220K113301
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault 19
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 19)
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 200220K110201 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.