B4149 crash in Sandwell on 29 August 2015 at 22:02 involving a Vauxhall Combo
A Vauxhall Combo and a car were involved in a crash on the B4149 in Sandwell at 22:02 on Saturday 29 August 2015. The 29-year-old male driver of the car and a 25-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Aug 2015
- Saturday, 22:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53109, longitude -2.00173, in the B71 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hill Top, Sandwell, B70 0JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201520K011885
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4149
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 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 16 October 2013.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 16 October 2013
At the same spotRef 201320K012843
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 29 April 2002
At the same spotRef 200220K052601
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 19 June 2005
At the same spotRef 200520K059401
Serious
Peugeot 2008 crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 23 January 2024
6 m awayRef 2024201408034
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 3 July 1999
10 m awayRef 199920K088101
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 6 May 2000
10 m awayRef 200020K047501
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201520K011885 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.