A454 crash in Walsall on 27 July 2018 at 10:32 involving a Mercedes S Class
A Mercedes S Class, a Nissan Qashqai and a Vauxhall Mokka were involved in a crash on the A454 in Walsall at 10:32 on Friday 27 July 2018. The 33-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai, the 63-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Mokka and the 54-year-old male driver of the Mercedes S Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jul 2018
- Friday, 10:32
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes S Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58636, longitude -1.99437, in the WS2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walsall. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Matthew's, Walsall, WS1 1NN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200324873
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 454
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 2022.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A454 in Walsall, 28 December 2022
3 m awayRef 2022201286365
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A454 in Walsall, 30 September 2014
4 m awayRef 201420H007884
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 2 August 1999
4 m awayRef 199920H072201
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A454 in Walsall, 3 July 2018
5 m awayRef 2018200321737
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 14 October 2017
7 m awayRef 2017200233342
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A4148 in Walsall, 7 October 2015
7 m awayRef 201520H009315
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes S Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Mokka)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes S Class)
- 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 2018200324873 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.