B4149 crash in Sandwell on 4 April 2019 at 19:20 involving an MG ZT
An MG ZT and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the B4149 in Sandwell at 19:20 on Thursday 4 April 2019. The 25-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Apr 2019
- Thursday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG ZT and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5307, longitude -2.00461, in the B71 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hill Top, Sandwell, B70 0JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019200862114
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4149
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 slight injury crash on 25 November 2021.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 25 November 2021
At the same spotRef 2021201142068
Slight
Daewoo Nubira crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 26 August 2005
8 m awayRef 200520K089901
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 25 June 1995
38 m awayRef 19952095K5528
Serious
Car crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 11 December 1984
38 m awayRef 19842000K3430
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 11 January 1991
38 m awayRef 19912091K0109
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 16 September 1994
38 m awayRef 19942094K1592
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG ZT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
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 2019200862114 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 2019.