A452 crash in Walsall on 23 January 2019 at 18:35 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on the A452 in Walsall at 18:35 on Wednesday 23 January 2019. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jan 2019
- Wednesday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Skoda Fabia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58711, longitude -1.88791, in the B74 postcode district and within the built-up area of Streetly. It is one of the crashes that make up the Streetly, Walsall, B74 3JX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019200838674
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 452
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 2006.
Slight
Car crash on the A452 in Walsall, 28 October 2006
6 m awayRef 200620H060401
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A452 in Walsall, 20 August 2002
16 m awayRef 200220H065901
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A452 in Walsall, 20 May 2001
16 m awayRef 200120H089001
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 9 March 1981
18 m awayRef 19812000H0497
Slight
Car crash on the A452 in Walsall, 17 August 1983
18 m awayRef 19832000H1664
Serious
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A452 in Walsall, 17 April 2003
24 m awayRef 200320H032001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019200838674 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 2019.