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Unclassified road crash in Wolverhampton WV1 on 28 May 2014 at 14:48 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van

A Mercedes Sprinter van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton at 14:48 on Wednesday 28 May 2014. A 62-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 May 2014
Wednesday, 14:48
Vehicles
1
Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58584, longitude -2.12292, in the WV1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peters, Wolverhampton, WV1 4HB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201420G005704
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 slight injury crash on 14 April 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 201420G005704 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 2014.