Serious A458 crash in Dudley on 23 March 2007 at 09:25 involving a MAN lorry
A MAN lorry and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A458 in Dudley at 09:25 on Friday 23 March 2007. The 37-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was seriously injured and an 8-year-old male passenger in the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Mar 2007
- Friday, 09:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- MAN and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46156, longitude -2.02793, in the B62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halesowen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Halesowen South, Dudley, B62 9SN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dudley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200720J026302
- Council area
- Dudley
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 458
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 4084
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 26 September 2008.
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A458 in Dudley, 26 September 2008
At the same spotRef 200820J064602
Serious
Van crash on the A458 in Dudley, 23 July 2013
At the same spotRef 201320J604973
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A458 in Dudley, 30 July 2013
10 m awayRef 201320J008043
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A458 in Dudley, 6 September 1999
10 m awayRef 199920J068402
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A458 in Dudley, 5 March 2011
10 m awayRef 201120J003831
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A4034 in Dudley, 8 April 2015
10 m awayRef 201520J004135
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 8,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200720J026302 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 2007.