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Unclassified road crash in Dudley DY5 on 15 December 2002 at 21:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dudley at 21:45 on Sunday 15 December 2002. The 19-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 2002
Sunday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Peugeot 206
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48498, longitude -2.10909, in the DY5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brierley Hill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brierley Hill & Wordsley South, Dudley, DY5 1SZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220J134201
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 February 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)

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 200220J134201 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.