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A461 crash in Dudley on 16 November 2002 at 22:20 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A461 in Dudley at 22:20 on Saturday 16 November 2002. The 24-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was 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
16 Nov 2002
Saturday, 22:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46749, longitude -2.15571, in the DY8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stourbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Amblecote, Dudley, DY8 4DF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220J097802
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
461
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 17 February 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

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 200220J097802 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.