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Fatal B4175 crash in Dudley on 14 July 2007 at 19:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B4175 in Dudley at 19:45 on Saturday 14 July 2007. The 84-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was killed and the 27-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Jul 2007
Saturday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50731, longitude -2.15938, in the DY6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswinford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brockmoor & Pensnett, Dudley, DY6 7FQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200720J054302
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4175
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South 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
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 200720J054302 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.