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A461 crash in Dudley on 2 December 2004 at 19:45 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A van and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A461 in Dudley at 19:45 on Thursday 2 December 2004. A 50-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 2004
Thursday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Van and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46614, longitude -2.15806, 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
200420J098402
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 200420J098402 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.