A463 crash in Wolverhampton on 25 September 2018 at 22:09 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and an Aprilia SR 50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A463 in Wolverhampton at 22:09 on Tuesday 25 September 2018. The 16-year-old male rider of the Aprilia SR 50 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Sep 2018
- Tuesday, 22:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Aprilia SR 50
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54614, longitude -2.10087, in the WV14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ettingshall South & Spring Vale, Wolverhampton, WV14 9XE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200350218
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 463
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 serious injury crash on 25 May 2003.
Serious
Car crash on the A463 in Dudley, 25 May 2003
5 m awayRef 200320J052401
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A463 in Wolverhampton, 30 July 2017
7 m awayRef 2017200213499
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A463 in Wolverhampton, 2 February 2023
8 m awayRef 2023201283957
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Dudley, 7 March 2016
13 m awayRef 2016200051579
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A463 in Wolverhampton, 5 November 2025
16 m awayRef 2025201664171
Slight
Lexmoto LXR crash on the A463 in Wolverhampton, 13 December 2024
16 m awayRef 2024201530404
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Aprilia SR 50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia SR 50)
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 2018200350218 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 2018.