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Serious A454 crash in Wolverhampton on 28 July 2004 at 21:35 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Yamaha FZS 1000 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A454 in Wolverhampton at 21:35 on Wednesday 28 July 2004. The 42-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FZS 1000 motorcycle and a 40-year-old female passenger on the Yamaha FZS 1000 motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jul 2004
Wednesday, 21:35
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Yamaha FZS 1000
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58685, longitude -2.17576, in the WV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tettenhall Wightwick, Wolverhampton, WV3 9DG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200420G067801
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
454
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha FZS 1000

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha FZS 1000)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha FZS 1000)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200420G067801 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 2004.