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A4252 crash in Sandwell on 6 April 2024 at 00:19 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA crashed on the A4252 in Sandwell at 00:19 on Saturday 6 April 2024. The 45-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Apr 2024
Saturday, 00:19
Vehicles
1
Ford KA
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50641, longitude -1.97644, in the B66 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bromwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Bromwich Central, Sandwell, B70 6RJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024201435880
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
4252
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4252

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2024201435880 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.