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Fatal A4034 crash in Sandwell on 30 July 2015 at 23:53 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A4034 in Sandwell at 23:53 on Thursday 30 July 2015. A 50-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
30 Jul 2015
Thursday, 23:53
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4891, longitude -2.02676, in the B69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rowley Regis. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langley, Sandwell, B69 4QN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201520K011035
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4034
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 50, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 201520K011035 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.