B4161 crash in Wolverhampton on 22 February 2002 at 23:40 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B4161 in Wolverhampton at 23:40 on Friday 22 February 2002. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 2002
- Friday, 23:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58407, longitude -2.17162, in the WV3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tettenhall Wightwick, Wolverhampton, WV3 9DG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220G020901
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4161
- 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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2008.
Slight
Chrysler crash on the B4161 in Wolverhampton, 20 March 2008
At the same spotRef 200820G019201
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B4161 in Wolverhampton, 29 December 2016
6 m awayRef 2016200147278
Slight
BMW X3 crash on the B4161 in Wolverhampton, 13 June 2007
10 m awayRef 200720G043201
Slight
Mini One crash on the B4161 in Wolverhampton, 1 November 2017
25 m awayRef 2017200242343
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton, 10 July 2005
51 m awayRef 200520G060901
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4161 in Wolverhampton, 6 February 1991
71 m awayRef 19912091G0215
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
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 200220G020901 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.