Unclassified road crash in Sandwell WS10 on 5 November 2012 at 15:14 involving a Volvo XC90
A Volvo XC90 and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 15:14 on Monday 5 November 2012. The 45-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Nov 2012
- Monday, 15:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo XC90 and Honda
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56064, longitude -2.00351, in the WS10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wednesbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Friar Park & Stone Cross, Sandwell, WS10 0PN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201220K013552
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 47 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 July 2025.
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 25 July 2025
47 m awayRef 2025201620764
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 2 March 2008
50 m awayRef 200820K021801
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 15 February 2009
58 m awayRef 200920K012801
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 1 April 2012
64 m awayRef 201220K004532
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 2 February 1982
67 m awayRef 19822000K0278
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 19 November 1997
92 m awayRef 19972097K2076
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Honda
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda)
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 201220K013552 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 2012.