B4171 crash in Dudley on 7 February 2005 at 17:30 involving a Vauxhall Calibra
A car and a Vauxhall Calibra were involved in a crash on the B4171 in Dudley at 17:30 on Monday 7 February 2005. The 26-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Calibra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Feb 2005
- Monday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Calibra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50748, longitude -2.07585, in the DY2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dudley. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. James's, Dudley, DY2 7AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dudley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200520J015401
- Council area
- Dudley
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4171
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2025.
Slight
Maxus Deliver crash on the B4171 in Dudley, 21 November 2025
9 m awayRef 2025201672268
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B4171 in Dudley, 1 April 2002
10 m awayRef 200220J036501
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B4171 in Dudley, 15 April 2005
10 m awayRef 200520J039401
Slight
Car crash on the B4171 in Dudley, 9 February 2008
14 m awayRef 200820J013001
Serious
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Dudley, 25 October 2023
14 m awayRef 2023201378345
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Dudley, 9 October 2009
22 m awayRef 200920J081901
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Calibra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Calibra)
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 200520J015401 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 2005.