A4099 crash in Sandwell on 17 April 2015 at 21:18 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A4099 in Sandwell at 21:18 on Friday 17 April 2015. The 18-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio, the 27-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Discovery and a 40-year-old male passenger in the Land Rover Discovery were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Apr 2015
- Friday, 21:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47454, longitude -2.0375, in the B65 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackheath, Sandwell, B65 0NE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201520K005455
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4099
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4034
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 2008.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4099 in Sandwell, 7 February 2008
At the same spotRef 200820K016202
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 28 June 2001
At the same spotRef 200120K127302
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 3 August 2010
At the same spotRef 201020K010180
Serious
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Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A4100 in Sandwell, 16 July 2021
6 m awayRef 2021201087368
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 26 October 2010
10 m awayRef 201020K014530
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,720 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
- 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 201520K005455 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 2015.