A452 crash in Walsall on 16 August 1997 at 16:55 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A452 in Walsall at 16:55 on Saturday 16 August 1997. A 27-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 36-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Aug 1997
- Saturday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63822, longitude -1.92016, in the WS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brownhills.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19972097H1102
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 September 1989.
Serious
Car crash on the A452 in Walsall, 9 September 1989
At the same spotRef 19892000H1386
Slight
Car crash on the A452 in Walsall, 28 March 1983
At the same spotRef 19832000H0614
Slight
Honda CBR600F crash on the A452 in Walsall, 17 August 2000
50 m awayRef 200020H060502
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A452 in Walsall, 23 January 2025
59 m awayRef 2025201546971
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A452 in Walsall, 27 April 2007
85 m awayRef 200720H053202
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A452 in Walsall, 30 January 2022
91 m awayRef 2022201153343
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 19972097H1102 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.