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Fatal A463 crash in Dudley on 24 March 1998 at 07:55 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro hit a pedestrian on the A463 in Dudley at 07:55 on Tuesday 24 March 1998. A 69-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Mar 1998
Tuesday, 07:55
Vehicles
1
Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54389, longitude -2.10863, in the DY3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sedgley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820J054401
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
463
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
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 15 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 69, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199820J054401 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.