B4166 crash in Sandwell on 8 August 2018 at 09:15 involving a BMW 3 Series
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Aug 2018
- Wednesday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52164, longitude -2.02452, in the B70 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Bridge, Sandwell, B70 0AT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200325536
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4166
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4166
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 8 January 2022.
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 8 January 2022
1 m awayRef 2022201187801
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 17 January 2020
3 m awayRef 2020200953678
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 10 August 2025
3 m awayRef 2025201627410
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 30 March 2024
3 m awayRef 2024201426401
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 7 June 2000
4 m awayRef 200020K059001
Slight
Daewoo Lanos crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 4 June 2010
4 m awayRef 201020K005680
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 40, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2018200325536 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.