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Unclassified road crash in Walsall WS3 on 2 January 2002 at 14:50 involving a Leyland National bus

A car and a Leyland National bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Walsall at 14:50 on Wednesday 2 January 2002. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jan 2002
Wednesday, 14:50
Vehicles
2
Car and Leyland National
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61826, longitude -1.98387, in the WS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bloxwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bloxwich East & Blakenall Heath, Walsall, WS3 3AY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220H004102
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland National

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 200220H004102 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 2002.