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A459 crash in Dudley on 28 October 2002 at 14:10 involving a Renault Megane

A Renault Megane and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the A459 in Dudley at 14:10 on Monday 28 October 2002. The 84-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro and an 80-year-old female passenger in the Rover Metro were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 2002
Monday, 14:10
Vehicles
2
Renault Megane and Rover Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55482, longitude -2.12416, in the DY3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ettingshall South & Spring Vale, Wolverhampton, WV4 6QN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220J110801
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
459
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 200220J110801 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.