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A4036 crash in Dudley on 14 March 1998 at 03:15 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro crashed on the A4036 in Dudley at 03:15 on Saturday 14 March 1998. The 42-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Mar 1998
Saturday, 03:15
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47593, longitude -2.10787, in the DY5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brierley Hill.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820J051301
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4036
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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 21 June 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 199820J051301 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.