B4162 crash in Wolverhampton on 11 October 2012 at 09:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B4162 in Wolverhampton at 09:00 on Thursday 11 October 2012. The 32-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 56-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Oct 2012
- Thursday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56492, longitude -2.08421, in the WV14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bilston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bilston North, Wolverhampton, WV14 0BP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201220G010042
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4162
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 August 2002.
Serious
Car crash on the B4162 in Wolverhampton, 17 August 2002
At the same spotRef 200220G071702
Slight
MAN crash on the B4162 in Wolverhampton, 21 February 2001
At the same spotRef 200120G075602
Serious
Toyota Carina crash on the B4162 in Wolverhampton, 15 January 1998
At the same spotRef 199820G005402
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4162 in Wolverhampton, 4 August 2021
4 m awayRef 2021201094979
Slight
Renault Extra crash on the B4162 in Wolverhampton, 23 May 2002
10 m awayRef 200220G046602
Slight
Peugeot 508 crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton, 18 January 2023
15 m awayRef 2023201279342
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 201220G010042 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.