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M6 crash in Walsall on 29 April 2019 at 15:15 involving a Toyota C-HR

A car and a Toyota C-HR were involved in a crash on the M6 in Walsall at 15:15 on Monday 29 April 2019. The 36-year-old male driver of the Toyota C-HR and a 44-year-old male passenger in the Toyota C-HR were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Apr 2019
Monday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Toyota C-HR
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58879, longitude -2.0142, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019200839035
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    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
    56 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota C-HR

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    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
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota C-HR)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota C-HR)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2019200839035 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.