B4182 crash in Sandwell on 30 October 2018 at 11:00 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a taxi were involved in a crash on the B4182 in Sandwell at 11:00 on Tuesday 30 October 2018. The 41-year-old male driver of the taxi and a female passenger in the Renault Clio were 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
- 30 Oct 2018
- Tuesday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and taxi
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48322, longitude -1.98147, 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
- 2018200807472
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4182
- 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
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, 6 metres away, was a fatal crash on 18 December 2013.
Fatal
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4182 in Sandwell, 18 December 2013
6 m awayRef 201320K500053
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 9 April 2002
38 m awayRef 200220K045402
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4182 in Sandwell, 3 August 2006
38 m awayRef 200620K074202
Serious
Kawasaki ZX1100 crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 31 March 1998
47 m awayRef 199820K061901
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 10 July 2002
51 m awayRef 200220K095402
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the B4182 in Sandwell, 14 May 2013
57 m awayRef 201320K006283
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2018200807472 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.