A449 crash in Wolverhampton on 16 June 2007 at 13:59 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane hit a pedestrian on the A449 in Wolverhampton at 13:59 on Saturday 16 June 2007. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jun 2007
- Saturday, 13:59
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59257, longitude -2.12618, in the WV1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peters, Wolverhampton, WV1 4RS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200720G044301
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 449
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 460
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 2003.
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Serious
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton, 5 October 2017
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Fiat Uno crash on the A459 in Wolverhampton, 1 January 2003
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 200720G044301 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 2007.