A457 crash in Sandwell on 27 June 2023 at 18:36 involving a Nissan Note
A Nissan Note and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the A457 in Sandwell at 18:36 on Tuesday 27 June 2023. The 26-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift was 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
- 27 Jun 2023
- Tuesday, 18:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Note and Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4877, longitude -1.94888, in the B16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Edgbaston, Birmingham, B18 4ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023201339700
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 457
- 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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 25 August 2021.
Serious
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 25 August 2021
1 m awayRef 2021201102070
Serious
BMW X5 crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 9 October 2023
1 m awayRef 2023201376439
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 16 May 2021
5 m awayRef 2021201082648
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 26 July 2002
5 m awayRef 200220K092502
Slight
Lexus GS300 crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 11 October 2004
5 m awayRef 200420K137502
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 2 September 2025
6 m awayRef 2025201637089
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
- 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 2023201339700 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.