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Unclassified road crash in Dudley DY5 on 11 April 1997 at 21:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dudley at 21:30 on Friday 11 April 1997. A 16-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Apr 1997
Friday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48806, longitude -2.11777, in the DY5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19972097J0605
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 19972097J0605 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 1997.