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A4168 crash in Dudley on 14 December 2012 at 21:30 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA and a Ford C-Max were involved in a crash on the A4168 in Dudley at 21:30 on Friday 14 December 2012. The 21-year-old female driver of the Ford KA, the 55-year-old female driver of the Ford C-Max and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Ford KA were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 2012
Friday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Ford KA and Ford C-Max
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52348, longitude -2.08781, in the DY1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle & Priory, Dudley, DY1 4EB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201220J013642
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4168
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
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 1 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

    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 201220J013642 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 2012.