A4031 crash in Sandwell on 8 September 2015 at 10:40 involving a Mercedes lorry
A Mercedes lorry and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A4031 in Sandwell at 10:40 on Tuesday 8 September 2015. The 23-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Sep 2015
- Tuesday, 10:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50556, longitude -1.99185, in the B66 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Pauls, Sandwell, B66 1RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201520K012205
- 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
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 2 June 2006.
Fatal
Subaru Impreza crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 2 June 2006
At the same spotRef 200620K051002
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 25 July 2012
At the same spotRef 201220K009542
Slight
Yamaha YZF R125 crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 9 August 2014
10 m awayRef 201420K011264
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 8 October 2005
10 m awayRef 200520K098302
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 28 May 2007
14 m awayRef 200720K054602
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 29 July 2019
31 m awayRef 2019200876103
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
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 201520K012205 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.