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Serious A4098 crash in Sandwell on 8 April 2003 at 07:13 involving a Citroen Saxo

A Citroen Saxo and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A4098 in Sandwell at 07:13 on Tuesday 8 April 2003. The 61-year-old male driver of the Ford KA was seriously injured and the 20-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo 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
Serious
Date
8 Apr 2003
Tuesday, 07:13
Vehicles
2
Citroen Saxo and Ford KA
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5484, longitude -2.05099, in the DY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tipton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Princes End, Sandwell, DY4 0AJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320K038301
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4098
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, 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 200320K038301 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.