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A34 crash in Sandwell on 2 November 2003 at 16:52 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A34 in Sandwell at 16:52 on Sunday 2 November 2003. A 32-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 2003
Sunday, 16:52
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5456, longitude -1.93317, in the B42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree, Sandwell, B43 6JL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320K119301
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
34
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4041

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    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 200320K119301 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.