A4126 crash in Wolverhampton on 31 December 2015 at 20:30 involving a Peugeot 107
A Peugeot 107 and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A4126 in Wolverhampton at 20:30 on Thursday 31 December 2015. An 11-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 107 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2015
- Thursday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 107 and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55813, longitude -2.10148, in the WV4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015200041996
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4126
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 1997.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4126 in Wolverhampton, 9 July 1997
18 m awayRef 19972097G0984
Slight
Car crash on the A4126 in Wolverhampton, 29 July 1982
18 m awayRef 19822000G1627
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the A4126 in Wolverhampton, 5 September 1995
18 m awayRef 19952095G7097
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4126 in Wolverhampton, 30 June 1994
18 m awayRef 19942094G5238
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4126 in Wolverhampton, 21 September 1995
18 m awayRef 19952095G7190
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4126 in Wolverhampton, 25 February 1988
18 m awayRef 19882000G0339
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 107)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2015200041996 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 2015.