A4098 crash in Walsall on 25 January 2018 at 09:20 involving a Kia Sportage
A Kia Sportage and a car were involved in a crash on the A4098 in Walsall at 09:20 on Thursday 25 January 2018. The 44-year-old female driver of the Kia Sportage was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jan 2018
- Thursday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Sportage and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55382, longitude -2.05128, in the WV14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bilston, Wolverhampton.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200284296
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4098
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 2025.
Slight
Hyundai Kona crash on the A4098 in Walsall, 30 January 2025
19 m awayRef 2025201548376
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4098 in Walsall, 28 March 1980
22 m awayRef 19802000H0741
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4098 in Walsall, 4 December 1981
22 m awayRef 19812000H2573
Slight
Volvo 480 crash on the A4098 in Walsall, 12 August 2004
30 m awayRef 200420H057802
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4098 in Walsall, 8 May 2012
30 m awayRef 201220H003902
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 4 July 2003
50 m awayRef 200320H047702
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Sportage)
- 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 2018200284296 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.