Unclassified road crash in Sandwell B70 on 23 August 2025 at 22:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 22:00 on Saturday 23 August 2025. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra 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
- 23 Aug 2025
- Saturday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Fiat 500
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52513, longitude -2.00716, 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
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201633994
- 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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2001.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4035 in Sandwell, 7 September 2001
9 m awayRef 200120K145401
Serious
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 28 September 2006
9 m awayRef 200620K084701
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A4035 in Sandwell, 4 December 2000
9 m awayRef 200020K123701
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 11 July 2003
9 m awayRef 200320K075701
Slight
Yamaha YZF R125 crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 20 April 2016
10 m awayRef 2016200067958
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 6 May 2006
11 m awayRef 200620K041901
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2025201633994 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.