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A457 crash in Dudley on 7 November 2000 at 20:50 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio and a Vauxhall Astramax were involved in a crash on the A457 in Dudley at 20:50 on Tuesday 7 November 2000. A 14-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astramax, the 49-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astramax and the 23-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Nov 2000
Tuesday, 20:50
Vehicles
2
Renault Clio and Vauxhall Astramax
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5304, longitude -2.08149, in the DY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coseley.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020J105701
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
457
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 8 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astramax

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astramax)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astramax)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, 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 200020J105701 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.