B4125 crash in Sandwell on 29 November 2020 at 21:19 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the B4125 in Sandwell at 21:19 on Sunday 29 November 2020. A 27-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series and a 6-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Nov 2020
- Sunday, 21:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48327, longitude -1.95909, in the B66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Smethwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9SS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020201014286
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4125
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2024.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4125 in Sandwell, 20 January 2024
1 m awayRef 2024201401359
Serious
Peugeot 107 crash on the B4125 in Sandwell, 16 May 2021
4 m awayRef 2021201049978
Slight
Car crash on the B4125 in Sandwell, 21 August 2025
4 m awayRef 2025201631679
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B4136 in Sandwell, 8 July 2000
5 m awayRef 200020K075402
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4136 in Sandwell, 19 August 1999
5 m awayRef 199920K109002
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B4136 in Sandwell, 18 April 2002
5 m awayRef 200220K048902
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2020201014286 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.