Unclassified road crash in Walsall WS1 on 12 March 2017 at 06:03 involving a Peugeot Expert
A car and a Peugeot Expert were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Walsall at 06:03 on Sunday 12 March 2017. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Mar 2017
- Sunday, 06:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Peugeot Expert
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5855, longitude -1.97604, in the WS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walsall. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Matthew's, Walsall, WS1 1NN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200168598
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- 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
- Daylight
- 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%
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Fatal
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Expert
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Expert)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Expert)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Expert)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Expert)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Expert)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2017200168598 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.