A4037 crash in Sandwell on 6 July 2025 at 06:53 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Toyota Prius taxi were involved in a crash on the A4037 in Sandwell at 06:53 on Sunday 6 July 2025. The 58-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius taxi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2025
- Sunday, 06:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54165, longitude -2.06646, in the DY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tipton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Princes End, Sandwell, DY4 9QD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201612156
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4037
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2003.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 25 October 2003
3 m awayRef 200320K115501
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 23 October 2010
3 m awayRef 201020K013190
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 10 March 2023
6 m awayRef 2023201293066
Serious
Toyota Auris crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 4 June 2019
7 m awayRef 2019200846506
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 6 May 2023
7 m awayRef 2023201311316
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A4037 in Sandwell, 8 June 2023
7 m awayRef 2023201328132
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2025201612156 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.