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B4157 crash in Walsall on 21 December 2002 at 17:05 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van hit a pedestrian on the B4157 in Walsall at 17:05 on Saturday 21 December 2002. A 78-year-old male 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
Slight
Date
21 Dec 2002
Saturday, 17:05
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58319, longitude -2.05472, in the WV13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Willenhall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Willenhall, Walsall, WV13 2QB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220H092202
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4157
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
454

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 fatal crash on 11 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    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 200220H092202 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.