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Serious unclassified road crash in Sandwell B70 on 23 December 2002 at 16:13 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 16:13 on Monday 23 December 2002. There were eight casualties: one person was seriously injured and seven were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 2002
Monday, 16:13
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Ford Escort
Casualties
8
1 seriously injured, 7 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51883, longitude -2.00704, 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 8TQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220K500901
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
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (8)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200220K500901 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.