A4100 crash in Sandwell on 26 November 2025 at 13:16 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A4100 in Sandwell at 13:16 on Wednesday 26 November 2025. The 28-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Nov 2025
- Wednesday, 13:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47609, longitude -2.04987, in the B65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cradley Heath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackheath, Sandwell, B64 6PU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201674111
- Council area
- Sandwell
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4100
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
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, 12 metres away, was a fatal crash on 24 September 1999.
Fatal
Yamaha crash on the A4100 in Sandwell, 24 September 1999
12 m awayRef 199920K118702
Slight
Volkswagen Bora crash on the A4100 in Sandwell, 8 April 2016
40 m awayRef 2016200150388
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A4100 in Sandwell, 10 May 2005
48 m awayRef 200520K045702
Slight
Freight Rover Sherpa crash on the A4100 in Sandwell, 25 January 1996
65 m awayRef 19962096K0207
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A4100 in Sandwell, 30 November 1995
65 m awayRef 19952095K6509
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A4100 in Sandwell, 27 April 1991
65 m awayRef 19912091K0730
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2025201674111 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.