A4039 crash in Wolverhampton on 6 August 2005 at 12:34 involving a Volvo C70
A car and a Volvo C70 were involved in a crash on the A4039 in Wolverhampton at 12:34 on Saturday 6 August 2005. The 37-year-old female driver of the Volvo C70 and an 8-year-old female passenger in the Volvo C70 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Aug 2005
- Saturday, 12:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volvo C70
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56705, longitude -2.12316, in the WV2 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200520G070901
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4039
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 459
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2006.
Slight
BMW Z3 crash on the A4039 in Wolverhampton, 11 March 2006
10 m awayRef 200620G018801
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Peugeot 306 crash on the A4039 in Wolverhampton, 26 December 2003
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Optare Excel crash on the A459 in Wolverhampton, 26 June 2007
14 m awayRef 200720G045901
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo C70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo C70)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo C70)
- 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 200520G070901 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 2005.