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A4123 crash in Dudley on 25 October 2005 at 18:00 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus crashed on the A4123 in Dudley at 18:00 on Tuesday 25 October 2005. An 87-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Oct 2005
Tuesday, 18:00
Vehicles
1
Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54325, longitude -2.0911, in the WV14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coseley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Gornal & Woodsetton, Dudley, WV14 9TA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200520J105601
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4123
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    8,268 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 87, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 200520J105601 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.