A454 crash in Wolverhampton on 23 May 2012 at 07:56 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto, a Peugeot 107 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A454 in Wolverhampton at 07:56 on Wednesday 23 May 2012. The 44-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 107 and the 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2012
- Wednesday, 07:56
- Vehicles
- 3
- Fiat Punto and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58389, longitude -2.07922, in the WV13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Park, Wolverhampton, WV13 3UN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201220G005172
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2012.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A454 in Wolverhampton, 23 May 2012
At the same spotRef 201220G005312
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A454 in Wolverhampton, 24 September 2009
At the same spotRef 200920G052402
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A454 in Wolverhampton, 22 September 2001
At the same spotRef 200120G131402
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A454 in Wolverhampton, 13 April 2023
4 m awayRef 2023201299187
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A454 in Wolverhampton, 1 October 2021
4 m awayRef 2021201112516
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A454 in Wolverhampton, 4 October 2016
5 m awayRef 2016200117790
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 107)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
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 201220G005172 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 2012.