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Serious B4464 crash in Walsall on 11 March 2022 at 12:54 involving a Mercedes A Class

A Mercedes A Class hit two pedestrians on the B4464 in Walsall at 12:54 on Friday 11 March 2022. A 35-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 2-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Mar 2022
Friday, 12:54
Vehicles
1
Mercedes A Class
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58706, longitude -2.03413, in the WV13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Willenhall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Short Heath, Walsall, WS2 0GB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022201280889
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4464
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 light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    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
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    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 2022201280889 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.