Unclassified road crash in Dudley DY9 on 30 October 1997 at 07:12 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dudley at 07:12 on Thursday 30 October 1997. The 25-year-old male driver of the van and a 49-year-old male passenger in the van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 1997
- Thursday, 07:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4584, longitude -2.10297, in the DY9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halesowen.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19972097J1786
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 549 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 49, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
- 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 19972097J1786 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.