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A4035 crash in Sandwell on 27 May 2003 at 13:50 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Toyota Starlet were involved in a crash on the A4035 in Sandwell at 13:50 on Tuesday 27 May 2003. An 89-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Starlet, the 74-year-old male driver of the Toyota Starlet and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 May 2003
Tuesday, 13:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Toyota Starlet
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52809, longitude -2.02282, in the B70 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Bridge, Sandwell, B70 0AT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320K056101
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 13 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Starlet

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 89, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Starlet)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Starlet)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200320K056101 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.