A4123 crash in Sandwell on 1 October 2025 at 23:36 involving a Volkswagen Lupo
A Volkswagen Lupo and a Peugeot 3008 were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Sandwell at 23:36 on Wednesday 1 October 2025. The 19-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Lupo and the 31-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 3008 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2025
- Wednesday, 23:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Lupo and Peugeot 3008
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46582, longitude -1.98438, in the B32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201649128
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 456
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 March 2024.
Serious
BMW M1 crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 21 March 2024
At the same spotRef 2024201478148
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 22 February 2023
1 m awayRef 2023201285988
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 30 July 2010
2 m awayRef 201020S026190
Slight
DS DS3 crash on the A4123 in Sandwell, 4 October 2022
2 m awayRef 2022201271361
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4123 in Birmingham, 8 November 2008
2 m awayRef 200820F220002
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 8 September 2002
2 m awayRef 200220F255302
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Lupo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 3008)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2025201649128 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.