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A463 crash in Walsall on 4 December 2003 at 23:23 involving a Mazda 626

A Mazda 626 and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A463 in Walsall at 23:23 on Thursday 4 December 2003. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra and a male passenger in the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Dec 2003
Thursday, 23:23
Vehicles
2
Mazda 626 and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57843, longitude -2.05088, 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320H091302
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
463
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200320H091302 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.