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B4175 crash in Dudley on 7 February 1988 at 05:00 involving a car

A car crashed on the B4175 in Dudley at 05:00 on Sunday 7 February 1988. The 36-year-old male driver, a 30-year-old female passenger and a 20-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 1988
Sunday, 05:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50418, longitude -2.16938, in the DY6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswinford.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19882000J0194
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4175
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 19882000J0194 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dudley road accident statistics for 1988.