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Serious A454 crash in Walsall on 18 August 2018 at 21:55 involving a goods vehicle

A goods vehicle crashed on the A454 in Walsall at 21:55 on Saturday 18 August 2018. A 16-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Aug 2018
Saturday, 21:55
Vehicles
1
Goods vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58557, longitude -2.01585, in the WS2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pleck, Walsall, WS2 8TJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018200348311
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4464

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

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown), in vehicle 1 (Goods vehicle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2018200348311 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.