A4124 crash in Walsall on 3 August 2021 at 11:45 involving a Mercedes ML Class
A Mercedes ML Class and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A4124 in Walsall at 11:45 on Tuesday 3 August 2021. The 59-year-old female driver of the Mercedes ML Class was 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
- 3 Aug 2021
- Tuesday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes ML Class and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62545, longitude -1.9862, in the WS3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bloxwich East & Blakenall Heath, Walsall, WS3 3AY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021201095314
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4124
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 2025.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 12 September 2025
6 m awayRef 2025201640588
Serious
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 23 May 2023
8 m awayRef 2023201315278
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 8 September 2023
9 m awayRef 2023201395961
Serious
Citroen C4 crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 25 January 2017
9 m awayRef 2017200155375
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 28 August 2019
9 m awayRef 2019200890906
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 8 July 2015
10 m awayRef 201520H007045
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes ML Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,688 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes ML Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2021201095314 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 2021.