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A5 crash in Walsall on 11 January 1997 at 19:00 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the A5 in Walsall at 19:00 on Saturday 11 January 1997. The 36-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 106 and a 34-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 106 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jan 1997
Saturday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Peugeot 106
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6562, longitude -1.91865, in the WS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brownhills.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19972097H0066
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 June 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)

    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 19972097H0066 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 1997.