A4030 crash in Sandwell on 6 July 2017 at 22:10 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the A4030 in Sandwell at 22:10 on Thursday 6 July 2017. The 52-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2017
- Thursday, 22:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49572, longitude -1.96989, in the B67 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Smethwick, Sandwell, B66 1DT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200204160
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4030
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- A
- Second road number
- 457
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2020.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4030 in Sandwell, 19 December 2020
3 m awayRef 2020201022349
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4030 in Sandwell, 29 April 2007
5 m awayRef 200720K043802
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4030 in Sandwell, 4 June 2010
5 m awayRef 201020K005760
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 3 January 2004
5 m awayRef 200420K006502
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4030 in Sandwell, 5 February 2008
5 m awayRef 200820K024402
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A4030 in Sandwell, 25 May 2001
5 m awayRef 200120K115002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
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
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)
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 2017200204160 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.