Serious B4161 crash in Wolverhampton on 29 August 2003 at 11:10 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa hit a pedestrian on the B4161 in Wolverhampton at 11:10 on Friday 29 August 2003. A 61-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Aug 2003
- Friday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59549, longitude -2.16443, in the WV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park, Wolverhampton, WV6 0RW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320G077601
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2020.
Slight
Mini One crash on the B4161 in Wolverhampton, 17 September 2020
10 m awayRef 2020200998609
Serious
Rover 45 crash on the B4161 in Wolverhampton, 18 December 2005
14 m awayRef 200520G502601
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4161 in Wolverhampton, 12 April 1991
57 m awayRef 19912091G0576
Slight
Car crash on the B4161 in Wolverhampton, 8 November 1996
57 m awayRef 19962096G1568
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4161 in Wolverhampton, 13 March 1991
57 m awayRef 19912091G0427
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B4161 in Wolverhampton, 23 August 1981
57 m awayRef 19812000G1663
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200320G077601 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.