B4169 crash in Sandwell on 23 February 2016 at 21:57 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the B4169 in Sandwell at 21:57 on Tuesday 23 February 2016. The 42-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna, a 23-year-old female passenger in the Renault Laguna and a 10-year-old female passenger in the Renault Laguna 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
- 23 Feb 2016
- Tuesday, 21:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49399, longitude -1.99995, in the B68 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Pauls, Sandwell, B68 8SP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200050790
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4169
- 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2004.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 24 May 2004
3 m awayRef 200420K063202
Slight
Audi A1 crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 12 April 2022
8 m awayRef 2022201188334
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 19 March 2001
13 m awayRef 200120K087302
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 7 August 2006
13 m awayRef 200620K073702
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 21 April 2009
17 m awayRef 200920K034102
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 28 November 2022
27 m awayRef 2022201276454
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016200050790 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.