B4169 crash in Sandwell on 5 June 2018 at 22:22 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4169 in Sandwell at 22:22 on Tuesday 5 June 2018. The 57-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 59-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jun 2018
- Tuesday, 22:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50021, longitude -1.99032, in the B66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Smethwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Pauls, Sandwell, B68 8SP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200326470
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4169
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 August 2017.
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 11 August 2017
At the same spotRef 2017200226351
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 13 December 2021
At the same spotRef 2021201149822
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 7 September 2018
1 m awayRef 2018200336328
Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 13 January 2017
1 m awayRef 2017200171066
Slight
Renault Megane crash on a C road in Sandwell, 6 June 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200083902
Slight
Skoda Karoq crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 23 December 2022
1 m awayRef 2022201284045
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018200326470 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.