A4031 crash in Sandwell on 25 September 2014 at 11:50 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A4031 in Sandwell at 11:50 on Thursday 25 September 2014. The 23-year-old male driver of the Honda Jazz and the 60-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Sep 2014
- Thursday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Jazz and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53484, longitude -1.98493, in the B71 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charlemont & Grove Vale, Sandwell, B71 1AH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201420K013554
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4031
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4041
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Auto traffic signal, out
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
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 11 July 2005.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 11 July 2005
At the same spotRef 200520K064701
Serious
Renault Master crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 5 February 2011
At the same spotRef 201120K002001
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 24 February 2008
At the same spotRef 200820K021001
Serious
Dennis crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 17 April 2007
At the same spotRef 200720K031301
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 16 April 2013
At the same spotRef 201320K004173
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 30 April 2000
At the same spotRef 200020K043701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,246 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
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 201420K013554 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.