Accident – BrownhillsBob's Brownhills Blog

The Grove Pit Disaster that took the lives of fourteen men on October 1st, 1930 left deep scars on the Brownhills and Norton communities - and the funeral and memorial service for the men taken was a huge public event that drew massive crowds.

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The 1st October 2016 was the 86th anniversary of the worst modern-day pit disaster in our area, the Grove Pit Disaster, in which fourteen miners perished following an explosion a mile and a half below Brownhills Common, beneath the Ring Sun Inn.

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In the early morning today (Saturday, 22nd October 2016) residents in Kingfisher Close, on the Watermead Estate, Brownhills were awoken by a car leaving the road and smashing through the wall of their garage.

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I note yesterday evening at rush hour (around 5:30pm, 3rd November 2016) there seems to have been some kind of accident at the Pelsall Road side of the Miner Island in Brownhills.

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Hi folks - there's been a collision in Brownhills this evening in which a pedestrian has been injured requiring emergency services attention, and it seems the driver of the vehicle involved failed to stop.

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I'm sad to report that yesterday evening (Wednesday 21st December 2016) there was a serious road traffic incident on the Ogley Road near it's junction with the Lichfield Road at Co-op Corner in Brownhills.

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Images and details kindly supplied by Stephen Hill [Updated 2:00pm Traffic now clearing – Cheers, Bob] There’s been a nasty accident in Walsall Wood this lunchtime (Wednesday 4th January 2017), and traffic congestion and road closures are ongoing as emergency … Continue reading →

I'm receiving bits of information about a couple of road accidents this evening (Saturday, 11th February 2017) - a clearly quite serious one on the Pelsall Road between Brownhills and the Fingerpost, and another either on, or on the approaches to the M6 Toll/Burntwood Way.

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Monday, 13th February 2017, 1:53pm - Traffic is currently backing up in the Brownhills area due to a collision between a lorry and a car at the junction by the former Warreners Arms pub, where Ogley Road meets the High Street.

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Walsall police this afternoon issued the following appeal for witnesses to come forward who may have seen the Mercedes Convertible, pictured below, on Wednesday last (19th April 2017) after in was involved in a collision on the Lichfield Road in Rushall, as a result of which an elderly man lost his life.

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I'm aware of ongoing reports of a car accident involving a child in Blakemore Road, Walsall Wood near Castlefort School this morning (Friday 15th September 2017).

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This morning, Friday 6th October 2017, there has been a road traffic incident on the A461 between the Shire Oak Crossroads and Streets Corner junction - The A461 Lichfield Road at Shire Oak Hill has been closed and local congestion has been severe.

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Car crashes into former shop on Lindon Road, Brownhills

There was a very nasty car accident on the Walsall Wood/Brownhills border last night (Wednesday 14th March 2018) when a car crashed into the former butcher's shop on the corner of Pauls Coppice and Lindon Road, just opposite the derelict Wheel Inn pub.
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Police appeal following fatal collision in Walsall Wood

As many of you will know, there has been a fatal road traffic collision in Walsall Wood High Street in the early hours of this morning (Saturday 25th November 2018) as a result of which a 28 year old man died.

Police name victim of Walsall Wood collision and charge Walsall man

Carl Moore. Image from West Midlands Police.

Young boy taken to hospital following suspected hit and run incident in Brownhills High Street.

The air ambulance was called this afternoon to an incident in Brownhills High Street when a two ear old was hit by a van in what is suspected to be a hit and run incident.

A town united in mourning

Was the investigation into the Grove Pit Disaster a whitewash?

Car smashes through garage in early morning Brownhills crash

Accident on Miner Island, yesterday evening?

Pedestrian injured in collision in Brownhills: can you help find the car please?

Two injured in second Ogley Road crash in ten days

Serious road traffic incident ongoing in Walsall Wood

Road accidents on Pelsall Road and near the M6 Toll this evening

Ongoing incident: Accident at Ogley Road/High Street junction in Brownhills

Urgent: Police appeal for witnesses to Rushall collision

Child injured in traffic accident near Castlefort School, Walsall Wood

Serous traffic incident on Lichfield Road, Shire Oak – avoid the area

Car crashes into former shop on Lindon Road, Brownhills

Police appeal following fatal collision in Walsall Wood

Police name victim of Walsall Wood collision and charge Walsall man

Young boy taken to hospital following suspected hit and run incident in Brownhills High Street.