A4196 crash in Sandwell on 9 November 2022 at 15:59 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a Jaguar XF Series were involved in a crash on the A4196 in Sandwell at 15:59 on Wednesday 9 November 2022. The 48-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira, a 19-year-old female passenger in the Jaguar XF Series and a male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Nov 2022
- Wednesday, 15:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and Jaguar XF Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54333, longitude -2.01596, in the B70 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hill Top, Sandwell, B71 2PG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201250668
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4196
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 2021.
Slight
Peugeot Boxer crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 22 October 2021
4 m awayRef 2021201125604
Slight
Skoda Kamiq crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 4 October 2022
4 m awayRef 2022201242904
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 30 March 2005
5 m awayRef 200520K048501
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 29 September 2009
5 m awayRef 200920K073201
Slight
Jaguar X Type crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 3 December 2014
5 m awayRef 201420K500534
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A41 in Sandwell, 11 April 2002
5 m awayRef 200220K042201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Jaguar XF Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 2,720 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Jaguar XF Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2022201250668 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.