A4041 crash in Sandwell on 5 September 2016 at 16:42 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A4041 in Sandwell at 16:42 on Monday 5 September 2016. The 39-year-old female driver of the Audi A4 and the 43-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Sep 2016
- Monday, 16:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54352, longitude -1.95129, in the B43 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charlemont & Grove Vale, Sandwell, B43 6AT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200114396
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4041
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 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, 49 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4041 in Sandwell, 8 March 2001
49 m awayRef 200120K077201
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 21 September 2021
59 m awayRef 2021201133397
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4041 in Sandwell, 23 December 1996
67 m awayRef 19962096K8102
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4041 in Sandwell, 12 December 2008
69 m awayRef 200820K103201
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4041 in Sandwell, 8 July 2013
89 m awayRef 201320K007973
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 20 January 2015
112 m awayRef 201520K003315
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- 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 2016200114396 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.