A454 crash in Walsall on 6 August 2016 at 14:02 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Mazda 2 were involved in a crash on the A454 in Walsall at 14:02 on Saturday 6 August 2016. The 18-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto and the 42-year-old female driver of the Mazda 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Aug 2016
- Saturday, 14:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Mazda 2
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59221, longitude -1.96299, in the WS4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walsall.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200096098
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 454
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2006.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A454 in Walsall, 26 September 2006
6 m awayRef 200620H055501
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A454 in Walsall, 10 August 2012
15 m awayRef 201220H010082
Serious
Bus crash on the A454 in Walsall, 19 May 2000
15 m awayRef 200020H035501
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A454 in Walsall, 27 November 1990
18 m awayRef 19902090H1844
Slight
Car crash on the A454 in Walsall, 21 November 1981
18 m awayRef 19812000H2494
Serious
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A454 in Walsall, 9 November 1993
18 m awayRef 19932093H1450
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,250 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 2)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
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 2016200096098 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 2016.