A4123 crash in Sandwell on 22 October 2008 at 09:24 involving a Vauxhall Combo
A Vauxhall Combo and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Sandwell at 09:24 on Wednesday 22 October 2008. The 27-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Oct 2008
- Wednesday, 09:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46642, longitude -1.98466, in the B68 postcode district and within the built-up area of Smethwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820K102002
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 456
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2003.
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 7 July 2003
At the same spotRef 200320K079002
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 18 December 2003
At the same spotRef 200320K504502
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 20 February 2014
At the same spotRef 201420K002914
Slight
Nissan Pixo crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 7 January 2020
At the same spotRef 2020200929565
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 9 June 2013
At the same spotRef 201320K633783
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 23 August 2006
At the same spotRef 200620K079702
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 200820K102002 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.