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A4124 crash in Wolverhampton on 23 April 1998 at 15:06 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton at 15:06 on Thursday 23 April 1998. The 18-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Apr 1998
Thursday, 15:06
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60748, longitude -2.06316, in the WV11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton.

Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820G033002
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4124
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 199820G033002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wolverhampton road accident statistics for 1998.