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Serious B4179 crash in Dudley on 5 November 2012 at 21:12 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A car and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B4179 in Dudley at 21:12 on Monday 5 November 2012. A 40-year-old female passenger in the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Nov 2012
Monday, 21:12
Vehicles
2
Car and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49161, longitude -2.13252, in the DY5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswinford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brockmoor & Pensnett, Dudley, DY5 1PP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201220J500722
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4179
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
Auto traffic signal
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
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 27 December 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 201220J500722 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.