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A4035 crash in Sandwell on 2 April 2003 at 18:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A4035 in Sandwell at 18:00 on Wednesday 2 April 2003. The 20-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Apr 2003
Wednesday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Ford KA
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53034, longitude -2.0349, in the DY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Bridge, Sandwell, DY4 7EH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320K037801
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4035
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)

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 200320K037801 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 2003.