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Serious unclassified road crash in Sandwell B70 on 8 June 2025 at 03:30

A vehicle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 03:30 on Sunday 8 June 2025. A 50-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Jun 2025
Sunday, 03:30
Vehicles
1
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52086, longitude -2.00562, in the B70 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 8TQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025201628348
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
Unclassified
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
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, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1

    Vehicle type not recorded

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, hit by vehicle 1 (Vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    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 2025201628348 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.