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Fatal unclassified road crash in Sandwell B71 on 25 December 2022 at 02:14 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta crashed on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 02:14 on Sunday 25 December 2022. A 24-year-old male passenger was killed and the 23-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
25 Dec 2022
Sunday, 02:14
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53292, longitude -1.96164, in the B71 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newton & Valley, Sandwell, B71 3SX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022201258919
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
Rural
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 2022201258919 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.