A4124 crash in Walsall on 22 August 2025 at 23:57 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Mercedes Cla Class were involved in a crash on the A4124 in Walsall at 23:57 on Friday 22 August 2025. The 25-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2025
- Friday, 23:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Mercedes Cla Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61227, longitude -2.03664, 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
- 2025201632686
- 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
- 4124
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 November 2008.
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 30 November 2008
4 m awayRef 200820H072202
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 28 July 2003
6 m awayRef 200320H058602
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 2 July 2001
6 m awayRef 200120H101402
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 16 January 2004
10 m awayRef 200420H005502
Serious
Car crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 2 May 2014
10 m awayRef 201420H004494
Serious
Nissan Sunny crash on the A4124 in Walsall, 29 November 2003
10 m awayRef 200320H087702
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Cla Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 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 2025201632686 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.