A457 crash in Sandwell on 12 October 2004 at 19:06 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A457 in Sandwell at 19:06 on Tuesday 12 October 2004. A 26-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Oct 2004
- Tuesday, 19:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50274, longitude -1.99128, in the B66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Smethwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Pauls, Sandwell, B68 8SP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200420K123302
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 457
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4031
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 September 2020.
Serious
Car crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 1 September 2020
3 m awayRef 2020200987345
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 21 December 2024
4 m awayRef 2024201533600
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 8 October 2016
4 m awayRef 2016200117700
Slight
Peugeot 5008 crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 26 February 2025
4 m awayRef 2025201558756
Serious
Car crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 26 February 2024
6 m awayRef 2024201442929
Slight
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 15 July 2024
6 m awayRef 2024201467764
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200420K123302 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.