Unclassified road crash in Sandwell B71 on 30 July 2017 at 15:20 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 15:20 on Sunday 30 July 2017. A 65-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jul 2017
- Sunday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53997, longitude -2.00193, in the B71 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hill Top, Sandwell, B71 2PG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200213581
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 2003.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 1 September 2003
15 m awayRef 200320K095201
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 22 October 2022
32 m awayRef 2022201238375
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 25 July 2007
44 m awayRef 200720K063701
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 8 December 1998
46 m awayRef 199820K246301
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 26 August 1981
48 m awayRef 19812000K1863
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 13 March 1981
48 m awayRef 19812000K0571
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 65, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 2017200213581 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.