A463 crash in Wolverhampton on 31 October 2024 at 08:06 involving a Ford Fiesta
Four vehicles, including a Ford Fiesta and an Audi A3, were involved in a crash on the A463 in Wolverhampton at 08:06 on Thursday 31 October 2024. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2024
- Thursday, 08:06
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Fiesta and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57231, longitude -2.05117, in the WS10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024201511515
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 463
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2007.
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A463 in Walsall, 19 July 2007
29 m awayRef 200720H051702
Slight
Car crash on the A463 in Walsall, 22 April 2007
43 m awayRef 200720H028302
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton, 30 August 1983
44 m awayRef 19832000G2010
Slight
Yamaha crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 7 January 1997
44 m awayRef 19972097H0035
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 3 July 2016
54 m awayRef 2016200086020
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on an unclassified road in Walsall, 16 September 1998
61 m awayRef 199820H126101
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Renault Master
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Master)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2024201511515 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 2024.