Serious unclassified road crash in Dudley DY2 on 31 December 2002 at 16:40 involving a van
A van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dudley at 16:40 on Tuesday 31 December 2002. The 34-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Dec 2002
- Tuesday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48068, longitude -2.09008, in the DY2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dudley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood, Dudley, DY2 0BA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dudley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220J501301
- 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
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1985.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Dudley, 23 November 1985
28 m awayRef 19852000J2695
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Dudley, 26 December 2007
41 m awayRef 200720J500501
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Dudley, 7 May 2002
45 m awayRef 200220J050101
Serious
Citroen Xantia crash on an unclassified road in Dudley, 18 April 2005
76 m awayRef 200520J038301
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in Dudley, 2 April 2003
78 m awayRef 200320J034201
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Dudley, 20 November 1998
78 m awayRef 199820J195201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 200220J501301 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.