A4034 crash in Sandwell on 26 September 2025 at 12:44 involving a BMW 4 Series
A BMW 4 Series, a Hyundai Tucson and a Scania bus were involved in a crash on the A4034 in Sandwell at 12:44 on Friday 26 September 2025. The 30-year-old male driver of the BMW 4 Series and the 61-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Tucson were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Sep 2025
- Friday, 12:44
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 4 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48191, longitude -2.03129, in the B65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackheath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langley, Sandwell, B65 0RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201646869
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4034
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2012.
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 7 December 2012
2 m awayRef 201220K500172
Slight
Kawasaki ER500 crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 13 March 2002
2 m awayRef 200220K033702
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 30 October 2016
8 m awayRef 2016200124442
Serious
Renault Kangoo crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 10 June 2005
10 m awayRef 200520K057602
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 9 November 2013
10 m awayRef 201320K013903
Slight
Car crash on the A4034 in Sandwell, 19 May 1999
10 m awayRef 199920K073602
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 4 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Tucson
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Scania
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 4 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Tucson)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2025201646869 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.