A4123 crash in Sandwell on 28 February 2017 at 17:38 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Honda CBR125R motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Sandwell at 17:38 on Tuesday 28 February 2017. The 25-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Feb 2017
- Tuesday, 17:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Honda CBR125R
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5078, longitude -2.03963, in the B69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rowley Regis. 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
- 2017200166334
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 April 2001.
Serious
Car crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 26 April 2001
4 m awayRef 200120K101902
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 30 December 2003
7 m awayRef 200320K505302
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 15 April 2006
7 m awayRef 200620K039102
Slight
MAN crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 19 November 2004
7 m awayRef 200420K150902
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 5 October 2000
7 m awayRef 200020K110702
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 15 September 2003
9 m awayRef 200320K106502
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR125R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR125R)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017200166334 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.