A4148 crash in Walsall on 10 January 2018 at 15:20 involving a Ford Focus
Four vehicles, including a Ford Focus and a Fiat 500, were involved in a crash on the A4148 in Walsall at 15:20 on Wednesday 10 January 2018. All four casualties were slightly injured. One of them was a pedestrian.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jan 2018
- Wednesday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Focus and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58209, longitude -1.99654, in the WS2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walsall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pleck, Walsall, WS2 9PS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200262330
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4148
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 2021.
Slight
Toyota C-HR crash on the A4148 in Walsall, 28 August 2021
4 m awayRef 2021201103382
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4148 in Walsall, 31 August 2018
13 m awayRef 2018200330659
Fatal
DAF Trucks Fad 85CF crash on the A4148 in Walsall, 11 November 2016
14 m awayRef 2016200126006
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4148 in Walsall, 8 May 2006
24 m awayRef 200620H028101
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A4148 in Walsall, 8 October 2020
29 m awayRef 2020200993803
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4148 in Walsall, 8 November 2017
36 m awayRef 2017200240716
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
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
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Hyundai Tucson
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat 500)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Hyundai Tucson)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat 500)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 4: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Road maintenance worker
- Yes
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
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 2018200262330 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 2018.