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Unclassified road crash in Wolverhampton WV14 on 17 January 2003 at 06:04 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton at 06:04 on Friday 17 January 2003. A 61-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jan 2003
Friday, 06:04
Vehicles
2
Citroen BX and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56332, longitude -2.06193, in the WV14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bilston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bilston South, Wolverhampton, WV14 7HF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320G008702
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 51 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 January 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    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 200320G008702 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 2003.