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Unclassified road crash in Wolverhampton WV3 on 8 July 2025 at 17:20 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Ford Puma were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton at 17:20 on Tuesday 8 July 2025. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jul 2025
Tuesday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Ford Puma
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5817, longitude -2.14215, in the WV3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park, Wolverhampton, WV3 9RD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025201613202
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
Crossroads
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, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    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
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Puma

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Puma)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Puma)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Puma)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 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 2025201613202 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 2025.