Unclassified road crash in Wolverhampton WV10 on 24 June 2023 at 23:31 involving a Fiat 500L
A Fiat 500L and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton at 23:31 on Saturday 24 June 2023. The 61-year-old male driver of the Fiat 500L and the 34-year-old male driver of the Mazda 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jun 2023
- Saturday, 23:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat 500L and Mazda 3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62121, longitude -2.12971, in the WV10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bushbury North, Wolverhampton, WV10 6AE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023201377045
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 449
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 2000.
Slight
Optare Excel crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton, 21 January 2000
5 m awayRef 200020G007701
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton, 1 November 2000
7 m awayRef 200020G093501
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton, 24 January 2018
9 m awayRef 2018200275582
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton, 10 December 2016
9 m awayRef 2016200142229
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton, 23 May 2016
11 m awayRef 2016200074416
Serious
Fiat 500 crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton, 21 July 2020
12 m awayRef 2020200972049
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat 500L
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda 3
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500L)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2023201377045 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 2023.