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A449 crash in Wolverhampton on 28 July 2003 at 12:20 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and an Optare Excel bus were involved in a crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton at 12:20 on Monday 28 July 2003. A 32-year-old female passenger in the Optare Excel bus and a 1-year-old female passenger in the Optare Excel bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jul 2003
Monday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Optare Excel
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56333, longitude -2.14956, in the WV4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 4EF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320G068901
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Optare Excel

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare Excel)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 1, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare Excel)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 200320G068901 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.