A4123 crash in Sandwell on 10 March 2018 at 18:08 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Sandwell at 18:08 on Saturday 10 March 2018. The 58-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series and the 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Mar 2018
- Saturday, 18:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50609, longitude -2.03694, 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
- 2018200277634
- 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2024.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 7 November 2024
1 m awayRef 2024201513653
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 6 May 2003
2 m awayRef 200320K052802
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 16 March 2015
2 m awayRef 201520K004055
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 20 October 1998
2 m awayRef 199820K201901
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 25 March 2002
2 m awayRef 200220K040002
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 6 July 2001
2 m awayRef 200120K131302
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018200277634 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 2018.