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Unclassified road crash in Dudley B63 on 5 March 2002 at 20:34 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a Proton Proton were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dudley at 20:34 on Tuesday 5 March 2002. The 37-year-old female driver of the Proton Proton, a 10-year-old male passenger in the Proton Proton and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Rover Metro were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 2002
Tuesday, 20:34
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and Proton Proton
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44599, longitude -2.07221, in the B63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halesowen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Belle Vale, Dudley, B63 4JX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220J022802
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
Crossroads
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Proton Proton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Proton Proton)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Proton Proton)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200220J022802 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 2002.