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A461 crash in Walsall on 4 March 2004 at 14:10 involving a Dennis bus

A car and a Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the A461 in Walsall at 14:10 on Thursday 4 March 2004. A 78-year-old male passenger in the Dennis bus and a 77-year-old female passenger in the Dennis bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Mar 2004
Thursday, 14:10
Vehicles
2
Car and Dennis
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
200420H016101
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    8,268 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 200420H016101 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 2004.