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Serious M5 crash in Dudley on 6 August 1996 at 20:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the M5 in Dudley at 20:30 on Tuesday 6 August 1996. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a flooded dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Aug 1996
Tuesday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45036, longitude -2.01467, 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
19962096J9292
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 19962096J9292 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.