A4098 crash in Wolverhampton on 22 May 2013 at 19:10 involving a van
A van hit a pedestrian on the A4098 in Wolverhampton at 19:10 on Wednesday 22 May 2013. A 14-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 May 2013
- Wednesday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55173, longitude -2.05056, in the WV14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bilston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Princes End, Sandwell, DY4 0AJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201320G005333
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4098
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4098
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 2013.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4098 in Sandwell, 13 March 2013
20 m awayRef 201320K003673
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4098 in Sandwell, 11 July 2007
22 m awayRef 200720K058301
Slight
Toyota MR2 crash on the A4098 in Sandwell, 1 December 2003
30 m awayRef 200320K132601
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A4098 in Walsall, 25 October 1990
73 m awayRef 19902090H1708
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4098 in Walsall, 16 October 1996
73 m awayRef 19962096H1418
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4098 in Wolverhampton, 17 April 1992
73 m awayRef 19922092G0587
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- 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 201320G005333 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 2013.