Unclassified road crash in Walsall WS1 on 2 September 2017 at 05:25 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Walsall at 05:25 on Saturday 2 September 2017. The 48-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Sep 2017
- Saturday, 05:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57645, longitude -1.98309, in the WS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walsall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Palfrey & The Delves, Walsall, WS1 4AS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200218660
- 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
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2018.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 16 April 2018
1 m awayRef 2018200290928
Slight
Ford Ecosport crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 27 June 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200082901
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 31 July 2016
3 m awayRef 2016200096204
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 13 February 2008
5 m awayRef 200820H010701
Slight
Triumph TT600 crash on the A4031 in Walsall, 27 October 2004
5 m awayRef 200420H069701
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A4031 in Walsall, 9 August 1998
5 m awayRef 199820H107001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
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 2017200218660 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.