A4123 crash in Wolverhampton on 21 January 2022 at 18:15 involving an Audi A4
Four vehicles, including an Audi A4 and a Citroen C1, were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Wolverhampton at 18:15 on Friday 21 January 2022. The 23-year-old female driver of the Citroen C1 and the 69-year-old female driver of the Toyota Auris were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 2022
- Friday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- Audi A4 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56205, longitude -2.11304, in the WV4 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, WV4 6SF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201161104
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4123
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 22 March 2022.
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the A4123 in Wolverhampton, 22 March 2022
1 m awayRef 2022201245763
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A4123 in Wolverhampton, 29 April 2018
1 m awayRef 2018200301086
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A4123 in Wolverhampton, 10 November 2025
2 m awayRef 2025201666228
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4123 in Wolverhampton, 7 August 2022
4 m awayRef 2022201269036
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A4123 in Wolverhampton, 24 June 2021
4 m awayRef 2021201072704
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4123 in Wolverhampton, 28 November 2006
4 m awayRef 200620G073502
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 30 years
Vehicle 4: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C1)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Toyota Auris)
- 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 2022201161104 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 2022.