A4196 crash in Sandwell on 2 November 2022 at 17:09 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a Kia Niro were involved in a crash on the A4196 in Sandwell at 17:09 on Wednesday 2 November 2022. The 63-year-old male driver of the Kia Niro was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Nov 2022
- Wednesday, 17:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and Kia Niro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53691, longitude -2.01118, 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, B70 0JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201274378
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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 3 February 2016.
Slight
Iveco crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 3 February 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200046807
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 29 December 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200147429
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 22 July 2025
2 m awayRef 2025201620577
Slight
Kia Rio crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 1 August 2025
2 m awayRef 2025201623408
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 12 December 2019
3 m awayRef 2019200922806
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4196 in Sandwell, 10 December 2012
3 m awayRef 201220K016212
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Niro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Niro)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022201274378 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.