A4123 crash in Sandwell on 18 April 2008 at 17:30 involving a BMW 3 Series
A van and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Sandwell at 17:30 on Friday 18 April 2008. The 25-year-old male driver of the van and the 54-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Apr 2008
- Friday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47146, longitude -1.99776, in the B68 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Warley, Sandwell, B68 9DS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820K040302
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4123
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 2007.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 30 December 2007
At the same spotRef 200720K503002
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 29 October 2004
At the same spotRef 200420K129602
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 14 November 1999
At the same spotRef 199920K143302
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 25 January 2009
At the same spotRef 200920K013702
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 17 March 2023
6 m awayRef 2023201295245
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 23 April 2023
6 m awayRef 2023201330044
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
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 200820K040302 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 2008.