A4031 crash in Sandwell on 30 July 2023 at 12:50 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a Peugeot 208 were involved in a crash on the A4031 in Sandwell at 12:50 on Sunday 30 July 2023. The 19-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 208 and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Yaris were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jul 2023
- Sunday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Peugeot 208
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5501, longitude -1.98017, in the B71 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charlemont & Grove Vale, Sandwell, B71 3HP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023201396102
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 4031
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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 April 2021.
Serious
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 25 April 2021
1 m awayRef 2021201044527
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 28 June 2004
5 m awayRef 200420K067801
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 9 May 2000
5 m awayRef 200020K048101
Slight
Vauxhall crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 2 June 2005
5 m awayRef 200520K053201
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 11 October 2001
5 m awayRef 200120K157501
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4031 in Sandwell, 13 March 2002
5 m awayRef 200220K031101
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 208)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2023201396102 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.