A4031 crash in Sandwell on 20 October 2019 at 17:08 involving a Suzuki Swift
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Oct 2019
- Sunday, 17:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Swift and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50304, longitude -1.99124, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019200908438
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4031
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- 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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 September 2016.
Serious
Volvo crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 20 September 2016
14 m awayRef 2016200111770
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 21 October 2025
16 m awayRef 2025201656963
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 21 May 2019
21 m awayRef 2019200874585
Slight
Peugeot 807 crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 13 September 2017
24 m awayRef 2017200227189
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 27 September 2018
25 m awayRef 2018200349939
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 29 August 2024
27 m awayRef 2024201484853
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,328 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
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
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2019200908438 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.