B4169 crash in Sandwell on 7 March 2025 at 16:10 involving a Volvo XC90
A Volvo XC90 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B4169 in Sandwell at 16:10 on Friday 7 March 2025. The 50-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Mar 2025
- Friday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo XC90 and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49593, longitude -1.97123, in the B66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Smethwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Smethwick, Sandwell, B66 1DT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201565933
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 4169
- 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
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2007.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 21 April 2007
At the same spotRef 200720K048602
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 18 October 2013
At the same spotRef 201320K012823
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 4 October 2003
At the same spotRef 200320K115702
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 23 December 2007
At the same spotRef 200720K502902
Slight
Car crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 30 April 2022
3 m awayRef 2022201257974
Serious
Vauxhall Omega crash on the B4169 in Sandwell, 6 June 2000
14 m awayRef 200020K062502
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,422 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- 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 2025201565933 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 2025.