A460 crash in Wolverhampton on 2 February 2008 at 15:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Kia Sedona were involved in a crash on the A460 in Wolverhampton at 15:15 on Saturday 2 February 2008. The 42-year-old female driver of the Kia Sedona, a 45-year-old male passenger in the Kia Sedona and a 9-year-old male passenger in the Kia Sedona were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Feb 2008
- Saturday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Kia Sedona
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61157, longitude -2.10025, in the WV10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, WV10 8PG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820G010002
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 460
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 January 2005.
Slight
Car crash on the A460 in Wolverhampton, 1 January 2005
At the same spotRef 200520G004802
Slight
Car crash on the A460 in Wolverhampton, 25 May 2007
At the same spotRef 200720G032502
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A460 in Wolverhampton, 10 November 1999
At the same spotRef 199920G092802
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A460 in Wolverhampton, 4 December 2023
3 m awayRef 2023201415267
Slight
Taxi crash on the A460 in Wolverhampton, 16 October 2025
3 m awayRef 2025201655970
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A460 in Wolverhampton, 8 October 1999
10 m awayRef 199920G078902
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Sedona
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,902 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sedona)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sedona)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sedona)
- 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 200820G010002 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 2008.