Serious B4153 crash in Walsall on 4 December 2002 at 17:50 involving a car
A car hit two pedestrians on the B4153 in Walsall at 17:50 on Wednesday 4 December 2002. A 39-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 17-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Dec 2002
- Wednesday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63838, longitude -1.9283, in the WS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brownhills. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aldridge North & Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS8 7AQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220H087302
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4153
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 January 2020.
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the B4152 in Walsall, 13 January 2020
2 m awayRef 2020200933857
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the B4152 in Walsall, 9 September 2025
13 m awayRef 2025201640381
Slight
Volvo crash on the B4153 in Walsall, 5 August 2004
20 m awayRef 200420H056002
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the B4152 in Walsall, 15 March 2007
22 m awayRef 200720H019602
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the B4152 in Walsall, 27 March 2009
41 m awayRef 200920H022502
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B4153 in Walsall, 20 October 2002
41 m awayRef 200220H073602
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200220H087302 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.