A4123 crash in Sandwell on 23 August 2025 at 20:37 involving a Suzuki SX4
A Suzuki SX4 and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Sandwell at 20:37 on Saturday 23 August 2025. The 47-year-old male driver of the Suzuki SX4 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Aug 2025
- Saturday, 20:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki SX4 and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52419, longitude -2.07623, in the DY4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tipton Green, Sandwell, DY4 8HN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201632580
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4123
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4123
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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 15 January 2010
16 m awayRef 201020K006311
Serious
MG Metro crash on the A4123 in Dudley, 30 May 1992
29 m awayRef 19922092J0874
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A4123 in Dudley, 14 September 1995
29 m awayRef 19952095J1350
Serious
Seat Leon crash on the A4123 in Dudley, 27 November 2011
51 m awayRef 201120J013251
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4123 in Dudley, 27 March 2006
51 m awayRef 200620J028201
Slight
Ssangyong Musso crash on the A4123 in Dudley, 25 September 2003
70 m awayRef 200320J092901
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SX4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Emergency vehicle (blue light) on response
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,373 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Emergency vehicle (blue light) on response
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki SX4)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2025201632580 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.