B4166 crash in Sandwell on 8 January 2022 at 02:50 involving a Peugeot 308
A Peugeot 308 and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the B4166 in Sandwell at 02:50 on Saturday 8 January 2022. A 38-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 308 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jan 2022
- Saturday, 02:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 308 and Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52162, longitude -2.02454, 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
- 2022201187801
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4149
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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 2018.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 8 August 2018
1 m awayRef 2018200325536
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 17 January 2020
3 m awayRef 2020200953678
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 10 August 2025
3 m awayRef 2025201627410
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 7 June 2000
4 m awayRef 200020K059001
Slight
Daewoo Lanos crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 4 June 2010
4 m awayRef 201020K005680
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B4166 in Sandwell, 15 May 2003
4 m awayRef 200320K052301
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 308)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2022201187801 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 2022.