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Serious unclassified road crash in Dudley DY6 on 24 September 2000 at 00:35 involving a Fiat Bravo

A Fiat Bravo and a Citroen Xantia were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dudley at 00:35 on Sunday 24 September 2000. There were five casualties: four people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Sep 2000
Sunday, 00:35
Vehicles
2
Fiat Bravo and Citroen Xantia
Casualties
5
4 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48349, longitude -2.15444, in the DY6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020J072702
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Bravo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,581 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xantia)

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 200020J072702 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 2000.