A4123 crash in Sandwell on 13 August 2021 at 15:20 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and an Audi Q7 were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Sandwell at 15:20 on Friday 13 August 2021. The 58-year-old male driver of the Audi Q7 and a male passenger in the Audi Q7 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Aug 2021
- Friday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Audi Q7
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49252, longitude -2.02173, in the B69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langley, Sandwell, B69 4QN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021201099078
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4123
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4123
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2001.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 18 June 2001
2 m awayRef 200120K125502
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 5 October 2021
2 m awayRef 2021201115711
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 18 July 2007
2 m awayRef 200720K076302
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 14 February 2001
2 m awayRef 200120K072102
Slight
Volvo crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 14 June 2002
2 m awayRef 200220K072102
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 11 July 1998
2 m awayRef 199820K135001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Audi Q7
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q7)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q7)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2021201099078 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 2021.