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A491 crash in Dudley on 6 December 1996 at 07:03 involving a Peugeot 405 taxi

A Peugeot 405 taxi and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the A491 in Dudley at 07:03 on Friday 6 December 1996. The 27-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 1996
Friday, 07:03
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 405 and Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50328, longitude -2.17085, in the DY6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswinford.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19962096J2011
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
491
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4175

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 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 19962096J2011 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.