B4136 crash in Sandwell on 15 August 2025 at 19:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4136 in Sandwell at 19:30 on Friday 15 August 2025. A 6-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta and the 39-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Aug 2025
- Friday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49551, longitude -1.95606, in the B66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Smethwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Soho & Victoria, Sandwell, B66 3PX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201629888
- 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
- 4136
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 457
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 2019.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 2 November 2019
6 m awayRef 2019200939574
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 28 June 2013
7 m awayRef 201320K008043
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 10 July 1999
7 m awayRef 199920K091602
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 5 October 2012
7 m awayRef 201220K012572
Slight
Iveco crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 16 May 2002
7 m awayRef 200220K060502
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A457 in Sandwell, 21 February 2015
7 m awayRef 201520K006785
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,084 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2025201629888 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.