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Serious unclassified road crash in Walsall WS2 on 10 February 2000 at 15:40 involving an MCW bus

An MCW bus crashed on an unclassified road in Walsall at 15:40 on Thursday 10 February 2000. A 24-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 29-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Feb 2000
Thursday, 15:40
Vehicles
1
MCW
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59687, longitude -2.00056, in the WS2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walsall.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020H010401
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Zebra crossing

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 slight injury crash on 23 June 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MCW

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,035 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCW)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCW)

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 200020H010401 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 2000.