A457 crash in Sandwell on 3 June 2014 at 10:25 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Jaguar X Type were involved in a crash on the A457 in Sandwell at 10:25 on Tuesday 3 June 2014. The 52-year-old female driver of the Jaguar X Type and the 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jun 2014
- Tuesday, 10:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Jaguar X Type
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50256, longitude -2.00851, in the B69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oldbury, Sandwell, B69 4DZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201420K007244
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 457
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 15 September 2017
4 m awayRef 2017200225061
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 12 November 2024
4 m awayRef 2024201515246
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 23 November 2008
10 m awayRef 200820K110802
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 17 November 2000
10 m awayRef 200020K130202
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 8 March 2000
14 m awayRef 200020K030302
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 21 August 2003
14 m awayRef 200320K096502
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Jaguar X Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Jaguar X Type)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
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 201420K007244 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 2014.