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Serious A462 crash in Walsall on 18 May 2012 at 18:03 involving a Daihatsu Sirion

A Daihatsu Sirion and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A462 in Walsall at 18:03 on Friday 18 May 2012. A 79-year-old male passenger in the Daihatsu Sirion was seriously injured and the 78-year-old female driver of the Daihatsu Sirion and the 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.

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
18 May 2012
Friday, 18:03
Vehicles
2
Daihatsu Sirion and Ford Transit
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59488, longitude -2.04145, in the WV12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Willenhall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Short Heath, Walsall, WV12 4GA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201220H004302
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
462
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Sirion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Sirion)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Sirion)

    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 201220H004302 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.