A4124 crash in Walsall on 7 April 2003 at 14:46 involving a Leyland lorry
A Leyland lorry and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the A4124 in Walsall at 14:46 on Monday 7 April 2003. The 34-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara, a 52-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xsara and a 56-year-old male passenger in the Citroen Xsara were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Apr 2003
- Monday, 14:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Leyland and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61097, longitude -2.04043, in the WV12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Willenhall. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Invention, Walsall, WV12 5LB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320H025002
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4124
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 462
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by school crossing patrol
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 2023.
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A462 in Walsall, 3 May 2023
7 m awayRef 2023201325650
Slight
Car crash on the A462 in Walsall, 18 September 2017
8 m awayRef 2017200228345
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the A462 in Walsall, 4 November 2022
9 m awayRef 2022201241197
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 14 March 1999
10 m awayRef 199920H034902
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A462 in Walsall, 26 November 2014
10 m awayRef 201420H501084
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 21 November 1998
10 m awayRef 199820H164701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Leyland
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,761 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 200320H025002 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 2003.