Unclassified road crash in Sandwell B69 on 5 February 2022 at 15:00 involving a Toyota Prius
Two Toyota Prius cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 15:00 on Saturday 5 February 2022. A 12-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2, a 10-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 4-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Feb 2022
- Saturday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50573, longitude -2.05544, in the B69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rowley Regis. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. Thomas's, Dudley, DY2 7NP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201219510
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with 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, 52 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2011.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 23 August 2011
52 m awayRef 201120K011661
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 5 February 2023
52 m awayRef 2023201276690
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 21 May 1999
116 m awayRef 199920K077602
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 22 May 2004
120 m awayRef 200420K067802
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 28 August 2006
131 m awayRef 200620K100502
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 5 August 1985
140 m awayRef 19852000K2081
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2022201219510 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.