Unclassified road crash in Sandwell B67 on 9 July 2018 at 18:44 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 18:44 on Monday 9 July 2018. The 37-year-old male driver 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
- 9 Jul 2018
- Monday, 18:44
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48679, longitude -1.98169, in the B67 postcode district and within the built-up area of Smethwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Smethwick, Sandwell, B67 6RJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200320617
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 2005.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 6 May 2005
23 m awayRef 200520K046702
Serious
Aprilia RS 125 crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 31 May 2016
31 m awayRef 2016200076008
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 24 July 2004
36 m awayRef 200420K087702
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 1 June 1998
41 m awayRef 199820K143201
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 6 July 1984
63 m awayRef 19842000K1711
Slight
Toyota MR2 crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 4 June 2000
63 m awayRef 200020K062202
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2018200320617 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.