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Unclassified road crash in Walsall WS2 on 12 April 2002 at 07:35 involving a Scania van

A Scania van and an Opel were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Walsall at 07:35 on Friday 12 April 2002. The 29-year-old female driver of the Opel was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Apr 2002
Friday, 07:35
Vehicles
2
Scania and Opel
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58518, longitude -2.01591, in the WS2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Willenhall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pleck, Walsall, WS2 8TJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220H029702
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4464

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 slight injury crash on 7 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    8,970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Opel

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Opel)

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 200220H029702 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.