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Fatal unclassified road crash in Walsall WS9 on 15 December 2016 at 07:05 involving a Mini Cooper

A Mini Cooper and a Peugeot 107 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Walsall at 07:05 on Thursday 15 December 2016. The 67-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 107 was killed and the 58-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 Dec 2016
Thursday, 07:05
Vehicles
2
Mini Cooper and Peugeot 107
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60863, longitude -1.9266, in the WS9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aldridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aldridge Central & South, Walsall, WS9 8PU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016200148529
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

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
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
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 107

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    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
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 107)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2016200148529 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.