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Serious unclassified road crash in Wolverhampton WV11 on 5 January 2002 at 20:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton at 20:05 on Saturday 5 January 2002. The 17-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jan 2002
Saturday, 20:05
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Volvo V70
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61212, longitude -2.08917, in the WV11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, WV11 1ED area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220G006502
Council area
Wolverhampton
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
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo V70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,319 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 200220G006502 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 2002.