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A4039 crash in Wolverhampton on 3 March 2016 at 15:30 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco

A Volkswagen Scirocco and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A4039 in Wolverhampton at 15:30 on Thursday 3 March 2016. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Mini Cooper, a 66-year-old female passenger in the Mini Cooper and the 20-year-old male driver of the Mini Cooper 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
3 Mar 2016
Thursday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Scirocco and Mini Cooper
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56691, longitude -2.11898, in the WV4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, WV2 3NP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016200050064
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4039
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
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

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 2016200050064 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 2016.