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M5 crash in Sandwell on 14 January 2023 at 02:00 involving a Jaguar F-Pace

A Jaguar F-Pace and a Volkswagen Tiguan were involved in a crash on the M5 in Sandwell at 02:00 on Saturday 14 January 2023. The 59-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Tiguan and a 40-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Tiguan were slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 2023
Saturday, 02:00
Vehicles
2
Jaguar F-Pace and Volkswagen Tiguan
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49376, longitude -2.0175, in the B69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langley, Sandwell, B69 4QN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023201287766
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, 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, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Jaguar F-Pace

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Tiguan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Tiguan)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Tiguan)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2023201287766 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 2023.