A4098 crash in Sandwell on 25 April 2017 at 18:10 involving a Renault Megane
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Apr 2017
- Tuesday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Peugeot 407
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5463, longitude -2.04963, in the DY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tipton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Princes End, Sandwell, DY4 0XE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200180227
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4098
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 4037
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2011.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 22 September 2011
2 m awayRef 201120K012511
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 9 October 1998
2 m awayRef 199820K194401
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 6 January 2004
2 m awayRef 200420K004001
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 5 December 2008
2 m awayRef 200820K100501
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 18 November 2014
2 m awayRef 201420K502304
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 20 April 2004
2 m awayRef 200420K039701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 407
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
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 2017200180227 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.