Unclassified road crash in Sandwell B71 on 16 April 2018 at 16:30 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a Lexus CT 200 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 16:30 on Monday 16 April 2018. The 37-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 307 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Apr 2018
- Monday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and Lexus CT 200
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53034, longitude -1.99133, in the B71 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charlemont & Grove Vale, Sandwell, B71 1AH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200302845
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 2003.
Slight
Suzuki Wagon R+ crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 23 June 2003
7 m awayRef 200320K065501
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 7 March 1984
16 m awayRef 19842000K0631
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 1 December 2015
17 m awayRef 2015200035026
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 7 April 2019
32 m awayRef 2019200837923
Slight
Suzuki crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 20 May 2004
35 m awayRef 200420K051301
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 3 October 2025
38 m awayRef 2025201650279
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Lexus CT 200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018200302845 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.