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Serious unclassified road crash in Walsall WS8 on 26 April 2012 at 15:18 involving a Peugeot 106

A Peugeot 106 hit six pedestrians on an unclassified road in Walsall at 15:18 on Thursday 26 April 2012. There were six casualties: one person was seriously injured and five were slightly injured. Six of them were pedestrians.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Apr 2012
Thursday, 15:18
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 106
Casualties
6
1 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63685, longitude -1.92475, in the WS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brownhills. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aldridge North & Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS8 7AQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201220H003552
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Raining, 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 51 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 November 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 5: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 6: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 201220H003552 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 2012.