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A5 crash in Walsall on 1 February 2011 at 12:55 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A5 in Walsall at 12:55 on Tuesday 1 February 2011. The 25-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Feb 2011
Tuesday, 12:55
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65601, longitude -1.95133, in the WS8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 7LR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201120H001301
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
452

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 201120H001301 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 2011.