A449 crash in Wolverhampton on 20 June 2012 at 19:55 involving a Mitsubishi Colt
A Mitsubishi Colt and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton at 19:55 on Wednesday 20 June 2012. The 32-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jun 2012
- Wednesday, 19:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Colt and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56054, longitude -2.15382, in the WV4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 4EF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201220G005962
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 449
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2000.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton, 26 June 2000
10 m awayRef 200020G059501
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton, 31 July 1998
10 m awayRef 199820G060501
Serious
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton, 2 November 2025
12 m awayRef 2025201662646
Slight
Citroen Nemo crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton, 2 September 2011
14 m awayRef 201120G008271
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton, 6 September 2002
22 m awayRef 200220G081301
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton, 14 December 1999
22 m awayRef 199920G103201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Colt
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,493 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Open door of vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 32, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201220G005962 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.