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A4036 crash in Dudley on 18 October 1996 at 20:30 involving a Rover 800 Series

Six vehicles, including two Rover 800 Series cars and two cars, were involved in a crash on the A4036 in Dudley at 20:30 on Friday 18 October 1996. A 25-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Oct 1996
Friday, 20:30
Vehicles
6
Rover 800 Series and 5 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46828, longitude -2.1133, in the DY5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brierley Hill.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19962096J1861
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4036
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (6)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 4: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 5: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 6: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 800 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 19962096J1861 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.