A4124 crash in Wolverhampton on 9 December 2016 at 12:30 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton at 12:30 on Friday 9 December 2016. A 24-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Dec 2016
- Friday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59312, longitude -2.1064, in the WV10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heath Town, Wolverhampton, WV10 0BS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200141584
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4124
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 15 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 April 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton, 2 April 1983
15 m awayRef 19832000G0738
Slight
Car crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton, 9 July 1985
15 m awayRef 19852000G1552
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton, 16 October 1981
15 m awayRef 19812000G2146
Slight
Minibus crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton, 7 December 1989
15 m awayRef 19892000G2053
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton, 19 August 1997
15 m awayRef 19972097G1204
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton, 27 July 1994
15 m awayRef 19942094G5366
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016200141584 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.