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B4163 crash in Dudley on 2 February 1995 at 08:45 involving a Vauxhall Brava van

A Vauxhall Brava van, a Rover 400 Series and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the B4163 in Dudley at 08:45 on Thursday 2 February 1995. The 51-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Brava van and the 31-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Feb 1995
Thursday, 08:45
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Brava and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54922, longitude -2.07664, in the WV14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coseley.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19952095J0220
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4163
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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 unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 1988.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Brava

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    2,254 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Brava)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 19952095J0220 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 1995.