Unclassified road crash in Sandwell B71 on 18 April 2007 at 06:25 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 06:25 on Wednesday 18 April 2007. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Apr 2007
- Wednesday, 06:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54508, longitude -2.00056, in the B71 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hill Top, Sandwell, B71 2PG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200720K031401
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Unclassified
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 2002.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 19 August 2002
10 m awayRef 200220K134801
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 14 May 2003
10 m awayRef 200320K055001
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 1 February 2007
10 m awayRef 200720K010901
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 18 July 2025
19 m awayRef 2025201619203
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 19 July 2009
20 m awayRef 200920K068601
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 8 March 2010
22 m awayRef 201020K020411
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 200720K031401 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 2007.