Skip to main content
CrashStats

Unclassified road crash in Sandwell B68 on 26 October 2018 at 19:51 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle, a Citroen C1 and a Suzuki Wagon R+ were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 19:51 on Friday 26 October 2018. The 20-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Oct 2018
Friday, 19:51
Vehicles
3
Yamaha and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47832, longitude -2.00197, in the B68 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Warley, Sandwell, B68 9DS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018200354082
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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    21 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Suzuki Wagon R+

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

    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 2018200354082 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.