Serious A452 crash in Walsall on 30 December 1979 at 19:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A452 in Walsall at 19:35 on Sunday 30 December 1979. A 17-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Serious
Date: 30 Dec 1979; Sunday, 19:35
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197920LUTHC70
Council area: Walsall
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 452
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Serious
Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger

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 197920LUTHC70 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Walsall road accident statistics for 1979.