Serious unclassified road crash in Sandwell B70 on 29 February 2016 at 12:40 involving a DAF Trucks bus
A DAF Trucks bus hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 12:40 on Monday 29 February 2016. A 39-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Feb 2016
- Monday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5188, longitude -1.99428, in the B70 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Bromwich Central, Sandwell, B70 8TQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200048836
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 2016.
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 5 April 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200057875
Slight
Pulse XF 125 crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 27 July 2016
2 m awayRef 2016200094279
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 24 July 2025
2 m awayRef 2025201620543
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 12 July 2014
6 m awayRef 201420K010104
Slight
Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 30 May 2007
6 m awayRef 200720K044901
Slight
Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 18 July 2008
6 m awayRef 200820K061801
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,850 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 2016200048836 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 2016.