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A454 crash in Walsall on 29 April 2000 at 02:00 involving a Leyland DAF FA 65CF lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 65CF lorry and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A454 in Walsall at 02:00 on Saturday 29 April 2000. The 32-year-old male driver of the minibus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Apr 2000
Saturday, 02:00
Vehicles
2
Leyland DAF FA 65CF and minibus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58572, longitude -2.01606, in the WS2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020H031702
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
454
Road type
Dual 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
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
6

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 16 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 65CF

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

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 200020H031702 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.