Unclassified road crash in Walsall WV13 on 1 August 2025 at 14:30 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Walsall at 14:30 on Friday 1 August 2025. A 29-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Prius 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
- 1 Aug 2025
- Friday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58687, longitude -2.05423, in the WV13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Willenhall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Willenhall, Walsall, WV13 1DQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201623484
- 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, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2021.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 1 December 2021
26 m awayRef 2021201148177
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 2 June 1987
27 m awayRef 19872000H0646
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 17 August 1995
27 m awayRef 19952095H1049
Slight
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 6 July 2020
29 m awayRef 2020200975025
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 28 March 1998
38 m awayRef 199820H046101
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 4 November 1997
89 m awayRef 19972097H1499
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,790 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025201623484 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 2025.