Serious A4196 crash in Sandwell on 7 August 2022 at 22:06 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle, an Audi Q5 and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A4196 in Sandwell at 22:06 on Sunday 7 August 2022. The 17-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Aug 2022
- Sunday, 22:06
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda WW125 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53505, longitude -2.01064, in the B71 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hill Top, Sandwell, B70 0JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201269063
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 2012.
Slight
LDV 400 Series crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 13 April 2012
5 m awayRef 201220K005502
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 30 April 2020
6 m awayRef 2020200951997
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 11 June 2018
18 m awayRef 2018200312236
Slight
Renault crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 29 June 2007
31 m awayRef 200720K054801
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 8 April 2023
36 m awayRef 2023201323081
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 30 August 2016
52 m awayRef 2016200112594
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2022201269063 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.