A4037 crash in Sandwell on 3 August 2017 at 10:20 involving a Peugeot Partner van
Four vehicles, including a Peugeot Partner van and a Renault Scenic, were involved in a crash on the A4037 in Sandwell at 10:20 on Thursday 3 August 2017. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2017
- Thursday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- Peugeot Partner and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54619, longitude -2.0519, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200216456
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4037
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2016.
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 13 November 2016
9 m awayRef 2016200130715
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 2 November 2002
13 m awayRef 200220K115301
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 14 December 2024
33 m awayRef 2024201539799
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 2 September 1999
37 m awayRef 199920K107801
Slight
Car crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 15 January 1984
47 m awayRef 19842000K0114
Slight
Vauxhall Chevette crash on the A4098 in Sandwell, 18 June 1991
47 m awayRef 19912091K1069
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,749 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 4: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen Xsara)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2017200216456 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.