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B4171 crash in Dudley on 17 January 1996 at 16:40 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort hit a pedestrian on the B4171 in Dudley at 16:40 on Wednesday 17 January 1996. A 35-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jan 1996
Wednesday, 16:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50877, longitude -2.07952, in the DY2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dudley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19962096J0124
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4171
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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

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 19962096J0124 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 1996.