B4166 crash in Sandwell on 17 January 2020 at 14:23 involving a Fiat 500
A car and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on the B4166 in Sandwell at 14:23 on Friday 17 January 2020. The 32-year-old female driver of the car, the 51-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 and a 52-year-old female passenger in the Fiat 500 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2020
- Friday, 14:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Fiat 500
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52163, longitude -2.02449, in the B70 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Bridge, Sandwell, B70 0AT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020200953678
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4166
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 4149
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2025.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 10 August 2025
At the same spotRef 2025201627410
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4149 in Sandwell, 30 March 2024
1 m awayRef 2024201426401
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 8 August 2018
3 m awayRef 2018200325536
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 8 January 2022
3 m awayRef 2022201187801
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 30 September 2022
6 m awayRef 2022201241835
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 7 June 2000
6 m awayRef 200020K059001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat 500)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat 500)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2020200953678 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 2020.