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A461 crash in Walsall on 21 September 2002 at 14:00 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus crashed on the A461 in Walsall at 14:00 on Saturday 21 September 2002. A 27-year-old female passenger and a 14-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Sep 2002
Saturday, 14:00
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60684, longitude -1.96157, in the WS4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rushall and Shelfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rushall-Shelfield, Walsall, WS4 1EX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220H066202
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
461
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 29 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Gas

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    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 200220H066202 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.