B4167 crash in Sandwell on 23 February 2024 at 15:55 involving a Volkswagen Tiguan
Five vehicles, including a Volkswagen Tiguan and a Vauxhall Corsa, were involved in a crash on the B4167 in Sandwell at 15:55 on Friday 23 February 2024. The 47-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Tiguan was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Feb 2024
- Friday, 15:55
- Vehicles
- 5
- Volkswagen Tiguan and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53851, longitude -1.94855, in the B43 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charlemont & Grove Vale, Sandwell, B43 6AT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024201413419
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4167
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4167 in Sandwell, 21 July 2007
8 m awayRef 200720K062301
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 2 December 1984
15 m awayRef 19842000K3262
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4167 in Sandwell, 20 February 2009
17 m awayRef 200920K014201
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B4167 in Sandwell, 27 January 1999
21 m awayRef 199920K018101
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B4167 in Sandwell, 21 August 2001
35 m awayRef 200120K139701
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B4167 in Sandwell, 24 April 2000
35 m awayRef 200020K043001
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Tiguan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 5: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Tiguan)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2024201413419 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 2024.