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A4036 crash in Dudley on 1 May 1990 at 08:45 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro hit a pedestrian on the A4036 in Dudley at 08:45 on Tuesday 1 May 1990. A 12-year-old male pedestrian and the 31-year-old female driver were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 May 1990
Tuesday, 08:45
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45389, longitude -2.12209, in the DY9 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
19902000J0798
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4036
Road type
Single 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
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 19902000J0798 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 1990.