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A456 crash in Sandwell on 24 December 2014 at 18:23 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A456 in Sandwell at 18:23 on Wednesday 24 December 2014. The 25-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto and a 24-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 2014
Wednesday, 18:23
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Fiat Punto
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46417, longitude -1.99364, in the B68 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldbury. 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
201420K606254
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
456
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 26 September 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,229 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,368 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 201420K606254 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.