Unclassified road crash in Sandwell B70 on 3 October 2025 at 08:18 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 08:18 on Friday 3 October 2025. The 50-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius was 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
- 3 Oct 2025
- Friday, 08:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52094, longitude -1.99823, 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
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201652254
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- 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 serious injury crash on 11 October 2021.
Serious
KTM RC 125 crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 11 October 2021
2 m awayRef 2021201112529
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 4 July 2000
3 m awayRef 200020K080701
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 31 December 2006
3 m awayRef 200620K503801
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 15 December 2005
3 m awayRef 200520K508901
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 7 June 2001
3 m awayRef 200120K107001
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell, 5 April 2001
3 m awayRef 200120K094601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
- 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 2025201652254 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.