A4038 crash in Walsall on 29 December 2016 at 19:15 involving an Audi A3
A car and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A4038 in Walsall at 19:15 on Thursday 29 December 2016. The 23-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2016
- Thursday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57505, longitude -2.00531, in the WS2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walsall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pleck, Walsall, WS2 9DG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200147207
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4038
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 April 2020.
Serious
Yamaha GPD 125 crash on the A4038 in Walsall, 17 April 2020
10 m awayRef 2020200958413
Slight
Volvo crash on the A4038 in Walsall, 28 June 2008
11 m awayRef 200820H036201
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4038 in Walsall, 25 August 2011
11 m awayRef 201120H008011
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4038 in Walsall, 24 December 2003
11 m awayRef 200320H500601
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4038 in Walsall, 18 August 2001
11 m awayRef 200120H112801
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A4038 in Walsall, 1 June 2001
12 m awayRef 200120H095201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2016200147207 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.