A4124 crash in Walsall on 16 February 2017 at 18:40 involving a Citroen Berlingo van
A Citroen Berlingo van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4124 in Walsall at 18:40 on Thursday 16 February 2017. The 37-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Feb 2017
- Thursday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Berlingo and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62525, longitude -1.98983, in the WS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bloxwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bloxwich East & Blakenall Heath, Walsall, WS3 3AY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200160955
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4124
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2007.
Slight
Peugeot 806 crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 21 September 2007
5 m awayRef 200720H063602
Serious
Mazda 323 crash on the B4155 in Walsall, 8 May 2003
9 m awayRef 200320H032902
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 5 April 2001
19 m awayRef 200120H074602
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4155 in Walsall, 27 January 2000
27 m awayRef 200020H008402
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 11 November 2010
27 m awayRef 201020H010780
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B4155 in Walsall, 24 November 2000
31 m awayRef 200020H100702
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 37, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017200160955 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 2017.