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Serious B4043 crash in Dudley on 7 May 1997 at 20:35 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the B4043 in Dudley at 20:35 on Wednesday 7 May 1997. An 84-year-old male passenger in the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 May 1997
Wednesday, 20:35
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44766, longitude -2.03085, in the B62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halesowen.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19972097J0754
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4043
Road type
Single 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
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 1 September 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    78 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 19972097J0754 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.