A4123 crash in Sandwell on 16 December 2016 at 22:16 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Yamaha MT07 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Sandwell at 22:16 on Friday 16 December 2016. The 19-year-old male rider of the Yamaha MT07 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2016
- Friday, 22:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Yamaha MT07
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49943, longitude -2.02821, in the B69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oldbury, Sandwell, B69 2HB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200144266
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4123
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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 serious injury crash on 17 October 2020.
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 17 October 2020
At the same spotRef 2020201003671
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 11 November 2020
1 m awayRef 2020201018429
Serious
Peugeot 308 crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 7 May 2023
3 m awayRef 2023201313797
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 19 December 2004
4 m awayRef 200420K150502
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 9 February 2020
8 m awayRef 2020200940157
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 23 June 2013
9 m awayRef 201320K007623
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha MT07
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 689 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha MT07)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016200144266 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.