A4252 crash in Sandwell on 29 February 2016 at 19:50 involving an Alfa Romeo Mito
An Alfa Romeo Mito and a Hyundai i10 were involved in a crash on the A4252 in Sandwell at 19:50 on Monday 29 February 2016. The 37-year-old female driver of the Hyundai i10 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Feb 2016
- Monday, 19:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alfa Romeo Mito and Hyundai i10
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51068, longitude -1.97467, in the B71 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 6RJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200052915
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4252
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 41
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2021.
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A4252 in Sandwell, 13 June 2021
At the same spotRef 2021201086238
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4252 in Sandwell, 27 August 2016
At the same spotRef 2016200103767
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4252 in Sandwell, 17 September 2020
1 m awayRef 2020200995866
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4252 in Sandwell, 13 October 2025
1 m awayRef 2025201655941
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4252 in Sandwell, 14 August 2021
2 m awayRef 2021201141609
Slight
Renault Modus crash on the A4252 in Sandwell, 26 February 2017
2 m awayRef 2017200163098
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo Mito
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 875 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai i10
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i10)
- 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 2016200052915 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.