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Serious A461 crash in Dudley on 8 December 1990 at 02:15 involving an Austin Morris Maxi

An Austin Morris Maxi, an Austin Montego and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A461 in Dudley at 02:15 on Saturday 8 December 1990. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Austin Morris Maxi was seriously injured and the 22-year-old male driver of the Austin Morris Maxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Dec 1990
Saturday, 02:15
Vehicles
3
Austin Morris Maxi and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50245, longitude -2.10455, in the DY1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dudley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19902090J2255
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
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Maxi

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Maxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Maxi)

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 19902090J2255 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.