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Unclassified road crash in Dudley DY8 on 26 August 1989 at 08:30 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Dudley at 08:30 on Saturday 26 August 1989. An 84-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Aug 1989
Saturday, 08:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46103, longitude -2.16774, in the DY8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stourbridge.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19892000J1361
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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 slight injury crash on 11 February 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 84, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 19892000J1361 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 1989.