Unclassified road crash in Sandwell B71 on 2 October 2023 at 09:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A car and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 09:00 on Monday 2 October 2023. The 39-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2023
- Monday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53318, longitude -1.96214, in the B71 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newton & Valley, Sandwell, B71 3SX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023201380335
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 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, 37 metres away, was a fatal crash on 21 December 2006.
Fatal
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 21 December 2006
37 m awayRef 200620K115701
Fatal
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 25 December 2022
45 m awayRef 2022201258919
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 4 October 2013
58 m awayRef 201320K012153
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 3 February 2005
58 m awayRef 200520K013101
Slight
Audi Cabriolet crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 31 January 2010
70 m awayRef 201020K009411
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 12 October 2025
82 m awayRef 2025201653634
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2023201380335 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.