B4173 crash in Dudley on 18 December 2014 at 07:50 involving a Mini Cooper
A Mini Cooper, a Honda Jazz and a Chevrolet Spark were involved in a crash on the B4173 in Dudley at 07:50 on Thursday 18 December 2014. The 46-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper was 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
- 18 Dec 2014
- Thursday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mini Cooper and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46603, longitude -2.08667, in the B63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halesowen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cradley Heath & Old Hill, Sandwell, B64 7BE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dudley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201420J500604
- Council area
- Dudley
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4173
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2011.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4173 in Dudley, 5 October 2011
At the same spotRef 201120J011141
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B4173 in Dudley, 18 November 2002
At the same spotRef 200220J099102
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4173 in Dudley, 15 December 2014
At the same spotRef 201420J012224
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4173 in Dudley, 13 April 2007
At the same spotRef 200720J031402
Serious
Peugeot Speedfight crash on the B4173 in Dudley, 16 October 2008
At the same spotRef 200820J069902
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4173 in Dudley, 16 June 2001
At the same spotRef 200120J103302
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Jazz
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Chevrolet Spark
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)
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 201420J500604 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 2014.