A458 crash in Dudley on 26 April 2005 at 15:40 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Ford Transit Connect van were involved in a crash on the A458 in Dudley at 15:40 on Tuesday 26 April 2005. The 52-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Connect van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 2005
- Tuesday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Ford Transit Connect
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45284, longitude -2.04588, in the B63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halesowen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Halesowen South, Dudley, B63 3HN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dudley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200520J030302
- Council area
- Dudley
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 458
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- A
- Second road number
- 459
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2009.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A458 in Dudley, 9 November 2009
At the same spotRef 200920J057702
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A458 in Dudley, 17 April 2004
10 m awayRef 200420J034202
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A458 in Dudley, 23 August 2006
20 m awayRef 200620J060102
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A458 in Dudley, 10 April 2001
20 m awayRef 200120J089802
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A458 in Dudley, 21 December 1998
20 m awayRef 199820J206002
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A459 in Dudley, 12 July 1998
22 m awayRef 199820J120901
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit Connect)
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 200520J030302 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.