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B4200 crash in Sandwell on 12 April 2003 at 20:42 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra, a Ford Fiesta and an Alfa Romeo 146 were involved in a crash on the B4200 in Sandwell at 20:42 on Saturday 12 April 2003. An 82-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra, the 84-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra and the 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Apr 2003
Saturday, 20:42
Vehicles
3
Nissan Micra and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56028, longitude -2.01678, in the WS10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wednesbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wednesbury, Sandwell, WS10 9NP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320K040601
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4200
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
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 April 2007.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Alfa Romeo 146

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,747 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 200320K040601 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.