Serious A4038 crash in Walsall on 11 January 1989 at 08:40 involving a car
A car hit two pedestrians on the A4038 in Walsall at 08:40 on Wednesday 11 January 1989. A 10-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 6-year-old female pedestrian 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
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Jan 1989
- Wednesday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57442, longitude -2.01914, in the WS10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darlaston.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19892000H0036
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4038
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 1996.
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 23 January 1996
At the same spotRef 19962096H0138
Slight
Car crash on the A4038 in Walsall, 28 March 1980
At the same spotRef 19802000H0624
Serious
Car crash on the A4038 in Walsall, 21 September 1985
At the same spotRef 19852000H1952
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4038 in Walsall, 11 June 1991
At the same spotRef 19912091H0815
Slight
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Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A4038 in Walsall, 30 December 2024
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 19892000H0036 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 1989.