B4157 crash in Sandwell on 15 August 2003 at 23:50 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 crashed on the B4157 in Sandwell at 23:50 on Friday 15 August 2003. The 19-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old female passenger 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 T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Aug 2003
- Friday, 23:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 306
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53024, longitude -2.05598, in the DY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tipton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tipton Green, Sandwell, DY4 8GA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320K088901
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4157
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the B4157 in Sandwell, 29 August 1983
10 m awayRef 19832000K2277
Slight
Car crash on the B4157 in Sandwell, 16 October 1981
10 m awayRef 19812000K2619
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4157 in Sandwell, 25 October 1991
10 m awayRef 19912091K1936
Slight
Van crash on the B4157 in Sandwell, 17 August 1987
10 m awayRef 19872000K1241
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 21 December 1995
10 m awayRef 19952095K6633
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B4157 in Sandwell, 8 February 1994
10 m awayRef 19942094K0249
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
- 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 200320K088901 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.