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Serious B4043 crash in Dudley on 15 March 2002 at 00:05 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the B4043 in Dudley at 00:05 on Friday 15 March 2002. A 19-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and a 21-year-old female passenger and an 18-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Mar 2002
Friday, 00:05
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45482, longitude -2.02234, in the B62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halesowen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Halesowen South, Dudley, B62 0BX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220J024802
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4043
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 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
Zebra crossing

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 18 June 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200220J024802 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.