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Serious B4588 crash in Dudley on 4 October 2004 at 16:00 involving a Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle

A car and a Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4588 in Dudley at 16:00 on Monday 4 October 2004. The 40-year-old male rider of the Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle was seriously injured and the 66-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Oct 2004
Monday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Triumph Thunderbird
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51771, longitude -2.10018, in the DY1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dudley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle & Priory, Dudley, DY1 3HN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200420J091901
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4588
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph Thunderbird

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    885 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Thunderbird)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 200420J091901 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 2004.