A34 crash in Walsall on 9 June 2022 at 00:30 involving a Honda Accord
A Honda Accord and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A34 in Walsall at 00:30 on Thursday 9 June 2022. The 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra 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
- 9 Jun 2022
- Thursday, 00:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Accord and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60689, longitude -1.99915, in the WS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bloxwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harden, Goscote & Ryecroft, Walsall, WS3 3JS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201265392
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 34
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 November 2001.
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on the B4210 in Walsall, 12 November 2001
5 m awayRef 200120H132002
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A34 in Walsall, 8 May 2012
5 m awayRef 201220H003762
Slight
Car crash on the A34 in Walsall, 10 August 2008
5 m awayRef 200820H049602
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A34 in Walsall, 2 December 2011
5 m awayRef 201120H010921
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A34 in Walsall, 28 November 2009
5 m awayRef 200920H068302
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4210 in Walsall, 12 June 1998
5 m awayRef 199820H080901
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022201265392 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 2022.