A4126 crash in Wolverhampton on 26 November 2020 at 15:40 involving a Vauxhall Meriva
A Vauxhall Meriva and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4126 in Wolverhampton at 15:40 on Thursday 26 November 2020. The 16-year-old male rider of the 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 private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Nov 2020
- Thursday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Meriva and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54809, longitude -2.09787, 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
- 2020201019482
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4126 in Wolverhampton, 9 March 2012
4 m awayRef 201220G003212
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A4126 in Wolverhampton, 22 September 2024
14 m awayRef 2024201495295
Slight
Car crash on the A4126 in Wolverhampton, 17 September 2025
21 m awayRef 2025201643320
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4126 in Wolverhampton, 30 March 2002
26 m awayRef 200220G031202
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton, 6 March 1998
41 m awayRef 199820G018702
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A4126 in Wolverhampton, 15 October 2007
47 m awayRef 200720G065802
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2020201019482 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 2020.