A454 crash in Walsall on 27 October 2017 at 23:20 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A454 in Walsall at 23:20 on Friday 27 October 2017. The 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Oct 2017
- Friday, 23:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57771, longitude -2.0427, in the WS10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Willenhall, Walsall, WV13 2QB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200239477
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 454
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 2024.
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A454 in Walsall, 6 November 2024
21 m awayRef 2024201513998
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 5 April 2007
27 m awayRef 200720H024202
Slight
Peugeot 407 crash on the A454 in Walsall, 14 February 2012
27 m awayRef 201220H001532
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A454 in Walsall, 16 October 2014
28 m awayRef 201420H010064
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A454 in Walsall, 4 July 2016
28 m awayRef 2016200087180
Slight
Car crash on the A462 in Walsall, 28 June 2011
31 m awayRef 201120H006441
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,982 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2017200239477 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.