Unclassified road crash in Walsall WV13 on 15 December 2024 at 11:00 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Citroen DS3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Walsall at 11:00 on Sunday 15 December 2024. The 35-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was 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
- 15 Dec 2024
- Sunday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Citroen DS3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59318, longitude -2.04224, 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, WV12 4GA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024201537900
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2017.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 19 December 2017
36 m awayRef 2017200263001
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A462 in Walsall, 25 October 1991
38 m awayRef 19912091H1460
Slight
Bedford crash on the A462 in Walsall, 14 September 1993
38 m awayRef 19932093H1155
Slight
Car crash on the B4157 in Walsall, 2 February 1985
38 m awayRef 19852000H0240
Slight
Car crash on the A462 in Walsall, 18 July 1983
38 m awayRef 19832000H1442
Slight
Car crash on the A462 in Walsall, 17 February 1984
38 m awayRef 19842000H0506
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Citroen DS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2024201537900 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.