B4171 crash in Dudley on 2 May 2008 at 18:20 involving a Honda CB600F motorcycle
A Honda CB600F motorcycle and a Toyota Starlet were involved in a crash on the B4171 in Dudley at 18:20 on Friday 2 May 2008. The 47-year-old male rider of the Honda CB600F motorcycle and the 21-year-old female driver of the Toyota Starlet were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2008
- Friday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CB600F and Toyota Starlet
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50676, longitude -2.07496, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820J040301
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4171 in Dudley, 26 May 2018
5 m awayRef 2018200313399
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4171 in Dudley, 30 January 2016
6 m awayRef 2016200059041
Fatal
BMW 1 Series crash on the B4171 in Dudley, 19 October 2024
6 m awayRef 2024201505709
Slight
Alfa Romeo 156 crash on the B4171 in Dudley, 31 July 2003
10 m awayRef 200320J076701
Slight
Car crash on the B4171 in Dudley, 20 April 2001
10 m awayRef 200120J087201
Serious
Freight Rover Sherpa crash on the B4171 in Dudley, 14 March 2000
10 m awayRef 200020J026601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CB600F
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- 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
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Starlet
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CB600F)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Starlet)
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 200820J040301 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 2008.