A4034 crash in Sandwell on 16 June 2016 at 20:12 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A4034 in Sandwell at 20:12 on Thursday 16 June 2016. The 42-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai and an 8-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Qashqai were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jun 2016
- Thursday, 20:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47795, longitude -2.03556, in the B65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackheath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackheath, Sandwell, B65 0NE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200080025
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4034
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4169
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 1998.
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 6 April 1998
4 m awayRef 199820K066901
Slight
Volvo S60 crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 24 June 2003
4 m awayRef 200320K072802
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 15 June 2025
8 m awayRef 2025201603475
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 6 September 2024
9 m awayRef 2024201488322
Slight
Volvo C30 crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 20 October 2025
9 m awayRef 2025201656806
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 27 September 2003
10 m awayRef 200320K111502
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016200080025 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.