Unclassified road crash in Walsall WV12 on 12 March 2024 at 15:49 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Walsall at 15:49 on Tuesday 12 March 2024. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Mar 2024
- Tuesday, 15:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61038, longitude -2.0296, in the WV12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Willenhall. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Invention, Walsall, WV12 5LB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024201450241
- 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
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 1997.
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 31 December 1997
7 m awayRef 19972097H1789
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 12 July 1989
93 m awayRef 19892000H1061
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 1 September 1981
93 m awayRef 19812000H1763
Slight
MG Metro crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 14 October 1993
93 m awayRef 19932093H1314
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 23 April 1995
93 m awayRef 19952095H0569
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 14 October 1987
93 m awayRef 19872000H1279
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2024201450241 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 2024.