A452 crash in Walsall on 25 September 2020 at 10:05 involving a Ford Fusion
A Ford Fusion and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A452 in Walsall at 10:05 on Friday 25 September 2020. The 57-year-old male driver of the Ford Fusion and the 24-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf were 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 Sep 2020
- Friday, 10:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fusion and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58283, longitude -1.8864, 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
- 2020200997180
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- 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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 1998.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A452 in Walsall, 22 May 1998
12 m awayRef 199820H075901
Serious
Mazda 323 crash on the A452 in Walsall, 1 December 2001
31 m awayRef 200120H141001
Slight
Honda CG125B crash on the A452 in Birmingham, 4 September 1997
40 m awayRef 19972097D2248
Serious
Car crash on the B4151 in Walsall, 15 September 1984
60 m awayRef 19842000H2017
Slight
Car crash on the A452 in Walsall, 27 November 2017
62 m awayRef 2017200247142
Serious
Car crash on the A452 in Walsall, 11 September 2016
81 m awayRef 2016200110812
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2020200997180 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 2020.