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Serious unclassified road crash in Sandwell B66 on 10 June 2004 at 15:05 involving a Mercedes Vito van

A car and a Mercedes Vito van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 15:05 on Thursday 10 June 2004. The 43-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured and the 28-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Vito van was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Jun 2004
Thursday, 15:05
Vehicles
2
Car and Mercedes Vito
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50201, longitude -1.95828, in the B66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Smethwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holyhead, Birmingham, B66 2EH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200420K070602
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 April 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Vito

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,151 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Vito)

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 200420K070602 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 2004.