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Serious M5 crash in Dudley on 25 April 1996 at 22:53 involving a Leyland DAF FT 75 lorry

A Leyland DAF FT 75 lorry hit a pedestrian on the M5 in Dudley at 22:53 on Thursday 25 April 1996. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Apr 1996
Thursday, 22:53
Vehicles
1
Leyland DAF FT 75
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44856, longitude -2.01614, in the B62 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19962096J9142
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
456

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FT 75

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FT 75)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19962096J9142 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.