Serious B4464 crash in Walsall on 25 July 2008 at 11:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B4464 in Walsall at 11:00 on Friday 25 July 2008. The 23-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was seriously injured and the 63-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 64-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Jul 2008
- Friday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58382, longitude -2.05089, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820H045602
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4464
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 2006.
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the B4464 in Walsall, 24 February 2006
At the same spotRef 200620H017502
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B4464 in Walsall, 13 September 2008
At the same spotRef 200820H055102
Slight
Car crash on the A454 in Walsall, 14 February 2004
10 m awayRef 200420H013502
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the A454 in Walsall, 27 May 2000
10 m awayRef 200020H039802
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B4464 in Walsall, 8 July 2005
10 m awayRef 200520H049402
Slight
DAF Trucks FA 55 crash on the B4464 in Walsall, 1 June 2005
14 m awayRef 200520H041002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- 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 200820H045602 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 2008.