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Serious C road crash in Wolverhampton WV10 on 2 February 2016 at 10:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a BMW X5 were involved in a crash on a C road in Wolverhampton at 10:30 on Tuesday 2 February 2016. The 29-year-old male driver of the BMW X5 and a male passenger in the BMW X5 were seriously 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
Serious
Date
2 Feb 2016
Tuesday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and BMW X5
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61333, longitude -2.10691, in the WV10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, WV10 8PG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016200050443
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
C

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

Serious injury band
Moderately serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 23 March 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW X5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,926 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW X5)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW X5)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious

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 2016200050443 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.