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Serious A457 crash in Sandwell on 29 August 2024 at 00:55 involving a Toyota Prius taxi

A Toyota Prius taxi hit a pedestrian on the A457 in Sandwell at 00:55 on Thursday 29 August 2024. A 32-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Aug 2024
Thursday, 00:55
Vehicles
1
Toyota Prius
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50281, longitude -1.99107, in the B66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Smethwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Pauls, Sandwell, B68 8SP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024201484853
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
457
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
4031

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

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 February 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,797 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)

    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 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 2024201484853 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.