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Serious A459 crash in Dudley on 8 August 2009 at 16:00 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on the A459 in Dudley at 16:00 on Saturday 8 August 2009. The 26-year-old female driver of the Citroen C4 was seriously injured and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C4 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Aug 2009
Saturday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Citroen C4
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5001, longitude -2.0916, in the DY2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dudley. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. Thomas's, Dudley, DY2 8XN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200920J064501
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
459
Road type
Roundabout
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
461

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
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 2 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200920J064501 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 2009.