A34 crash in Walsall on 22 December 2017 at 17:52 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Mokka were involved in a crash on the A34 in Walsall at 17:52 on Friday 22 December 2017. The 23-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Mokka and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2017
- Friday, 17:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Mokka
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61374, longitude -2.00401, in the WS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bloxwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harden, Goscote & Ryecroft, Walsall, WS3 3JS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200265293
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2000.
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A34 in Walsall, 26 May 2000
5 m awayRef 200020H039002
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A34 in Walsall, 26 February 1999
5 m awayRef 199920H031602
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A34 in Walsall, 12 July 2006
5 m awayRef 200620H047202
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A34 in Walsall, 20 August 2011
5 m awayRef 201120H007821
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A34 in Walsall, 9 January 2003
5 m awayRef 200320H004302
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A34 in Walsall, 9 December 2004
5 m awayRef 200420H088302
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Mokka)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2017200265293 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.