A4031 crash in Walsall on 17 July 2017 at 15:12 involving a Peugeot Expert
A Peugeot Expert and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the A4031 in Walsall at 15:12 on Monday 17 July 2017. A male passenger aged under 1 in the Ford Galaxy and a 2-year-old male passenger in the Ford Galaxy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jul 2017
- Monday, 15:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Expert and Ford Galaxy
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56633, longitude -1.97981, in the WS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walsall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Palfrey & The Delves, Walsall, WS5 4PN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200210838
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4031
- 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)
- 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 1 February 2004.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4031 in Walsall, 1 February 2004
5 m awayRef 200420H009401
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the A4031 in Walsall, 8 September 2017
29 m awayRef 2017200225621
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A4031 in Walsall, 9 October 2009
33 m awayRef 200920H045401
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4031 in Walsall, 31 October 2012
63 m awayRef 201220H009002
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A4031 in Walsall, 8 May 1998
63 m awayRef 199820H064901
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4031 in Walsall, 17 May 1980
65 m awayRef 19802000H0918
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Expert
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
- 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 2017200210838 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.