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A41 crash in Wolverhampton on 26 October 2002 at 02:06 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A41 in Wolverhampton at 02:06 on Saturday 26 October 2002. A 54-year-old male passenger in the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Oct 2002
Saturday, 02:06
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58555, longitude -2.14018, in the WV3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peters, Wolverhampton, WV1 4HB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220G100801
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
454

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200220G100801 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.