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A461 crash in Dudley on 1 September 1988 at 09:09 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A461 in Dudley at 09:09 on Thursday 1 September 1988. The 43-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Sep 1988
Thursday, 09:09
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51237, longitude -2.06774, in the DY1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dudley.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19882000J1282
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
461
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

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
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 January 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 19882000J1282 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.