A4123 crash in Sandwell on 12 March 2018 at 20:08 involving a Mazda 6
A car and a Mazda 6 were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Sandwell at 20:08 on Monday 12 March 2018. The 34-year-old female driver of the Mazda 6 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Mar 2018
- Monday, 20:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Mazda 6
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49957, longitude -2.02834, in the B69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldbury. 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
- 2018200278320
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 2023.
Slight
Toyota crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 1 April 2023
1 m awayRef 2023201298478
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 30 April 2019
3 m awayRef 2019200839639
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 17 May 2002
4 m awayRef 200220K061502
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 31 May 2010
8 m awayRef 201020K006300
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 23 June 2013
8 m awayRef 201320K007623
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 20 December 2013
8 m awayRef 201320K500043
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Mazda 6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,191 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 6)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018200278320 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.