M6 crash in Walsall on 13 December 2012 at 09:51 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Four vehicles, including a car and a Vauxhall Astra, were involved in a crash on the M6 in Walsall at 09:51 on Thursday 13 December 2012. The 30-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2012
- Thursday, 09:51
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Astra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60801, longitude -2.02182, in the WV12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bloxwich West, Walsall, WS2 7NN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201220Z003522
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 May 2001.
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the M6 in Walsall, 2 May 2001
At the same spotRef 200120H911601
Slight
Volvo 850 crash on the M6 in Walsall, 15 January 1998
At the same spotRef 199820H901301
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the M6 in Walsall, 18 January 2010
At the same spotRef 201020Z002711
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the M6 in Walsall, 1 July 2010
22 m awayRef 201020Z002490
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the M6 in Walsall, 4 November 2001
22 m awayRef 200120H969001
Slight
Car crash on the M6 in Walsall, 13 August 1983
45 m awayRef 19832000H1622
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 4: Volvo C 30
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan Qashqai)
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 201220Z003522 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.