A4039 crash in Wolverhampton on 31 December 2003 at 14:44 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A4039 in Wolverhampton at 14:44 on Wednesday 31 December 2003. The 20-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2003
- Wednesday, 14:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56687, longitude -2.11829, in the WV4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, WV2 3NP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320G501701
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4039
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4039 in Wolverhampton, 6 December 2018
5 m awayRef 2018200841371
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A4039 in Wolverhampton, 5 April 2025
6 m awayRef 2025201575182
Slight
Honda Prelude crash on the A4039 in Wolverhampton, 24 October 1999
20 m awayRef 199920G083101
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A4039 in Wolverhampton, 12 February 2017
28 m awayRef 2017200159261
Slight
Hyundai Trajet crash on the A4039 in Wolverhampton, 20 August 2008
30 m awayRef 200820G050101
Serious
Honda crash on the A4123 in Wolverhampton, 1 February 1991
36 m awayRef 19912091G0193
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
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 200320G501701 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.