A4123 crash in Sandwell on 13 September 2023 at 15:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Sandwell at 15:50 on Wednesday 13 September 2023. The 34-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Sep 2023
- Wednesday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50007, longitude -2.0294, in the B69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oldbury, Sandwell, B69 2HB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023201376988
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4123
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 2016.
Slight
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 20 February 2016
10 m awayRef 2016200049275
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 10 July 2017
11 m awayRef 2017200206331
Serious
Van crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 17 November 2022
12 m awayRef 2022201255185
Serious
MAN crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 17 February 1998
13 m awayRef 199820K033601
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 19 January 2000
13 m awayRef 200020K009602
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 16 April 2005
13 m awayRef 200520K035702
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 50 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2023201376988 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.