A4252 crash in Sandwell on 2 March 2017 at 19:20 involving a Volvo C 30
A Volvo C 30 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A4252 in Sandwell at 19:20 on Thursday 2 March 2017. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Mar 2017
- Thursday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo C 30 and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50633, longitude -1.97642, in the B66 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
- 2017200165019
- 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
- 40 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
- 4182
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 2016.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4252 in Sandwell, 8 August 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200096272
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the A4252 in Sandwell, 8 March 2024
1 m awayRef 2024201420185
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A4252 in Sandwell, 25 January 2021
4 m awayRef 2021201034567
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A4252 in Sandwell, 30 April 2019
4 m awayRef 2019200871487
Slight
Lexus NX 300 crash on the A4252 in Sandwell, 22 June 2022
4 m awayRef 2022201268163
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A4252 in Sandwell, 2 February 2022
4 m awayRef 2022201217189
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo C 30
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2017200165019 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 2017.