A41 crash in Wolverhampton on 23 January 2022 at 18:46 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Renault Captur were involved in a crash on the A41 in Wolverhampton at 18:46 on Sunday 23 January 2022. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 42-year-old female driver of the Renault Captur were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jan 2022
- Sunday, 18:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Renault Captur
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58516, longitude -2.13887, in the WV3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peters, Wolverhampton, WV1 4HB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201216614
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 2009.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A41 in Wolverhampton, 12 September 2009
6 m awayRef 200920G053301
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A41 in Wolverhampton, 8 December 2004
6 m awayRef 200420G111901
Serious
Optare Excel crash on the A41 in Wolverhampton, 21 September 2006
6 m awayRef 200620G072501
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A41 in Wolverhampton, 19 July 2000
10 m awayRef 200020G061001
Slight
Car crash on the A41 in Wolverhampton, 22 May 1983
13 m awayRef 19832000G1184
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A41 in Wolverhampton, 1 January 1994
13 m awayRef 19942094G0014
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Captur
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Captur)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2022201216614 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.