A4124 crash in Wolverhampton on 12 July 2023 at 15:02 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton at 15:02 on Wednesday 12 July 2023. The 68-year-old female driver of the Renault Laguna, the driver of the BMW 3 Series and a male passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2023
- Wednesday, 15:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60732, longitude -2.06536, in the WV11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wednesfield South, Wolverhampton, WV11 3EE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023201450728
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4124
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2003.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton, 25 August 2003
2 m awayRef 200320G075102
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton, 21 June 2004
2 m awayRef 200420G049502
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton, 14 August 1999
2 m awayRef 199920G062602
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton, 19 August 2019
3 m awayRef 2019200871481
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton, 25 March 2023
12 m awayRef 2023201298190
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A4124 in Wolverhampton, 5 December 1998
19 m awayRef 199820G094302
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- 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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightCar occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
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 2023201450728 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.