A4123 crash in Dudley on 1 January 1998 at 04:01 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Dudley at 04:01 on Thursday 1 January 1998. The 28-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jan 1998
- Thursday, 04:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Citroen BX
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53151, longitude -2.08619, in the DY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coseley.
Map of where the crash happened in Dudley
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199820J000801
- Council area
- Dudley
- Police force
- West Midlands
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4123
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 457
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 2005.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4123 in Dudley, 24 November 2005
At the same spotRef 200520J120001
Slight
Bus crash on the A4123 in Dudley, 14 May 2014
At the same spotRef 201420J006074
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A4123 in Dudley, 9 March 2020
6 m awayRef 2020200944175
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A4123 in Dudley, 20 December 2023
6 m awayRef 2023201406363
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4123 in Dudley, 18 January 2023
6 m awayRef 2023201270690
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A457 in Dudley, 19 June 2023
6 m awayRef 2023201328466
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen BX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
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 199820J000801 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 1998.