B4179 crash in Dudley on 30 November 2015 at 19:30 involving a Sym Jet motorcycle
A Sym Jet motorcycle and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B4179 in Dudley at 19:30 on Monday 30 November 2015. The 17-year-old male rider of the Sym Jet motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2015
- Monday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Sym Jet and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48906, longitude -2.12998, in the DY5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brierley Hill. 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015200035868
- Council area
- Dudley
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2025.
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B4179 in Dudley, 3 September 2025
1 m awayRef 2025201636870
Serious
Daihatsu Cuore crash on the B4179 in Dudley, 3 February 2003
7 m awayRef 200320J012901
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the B4179 in Dudley, 1 September 1998
7 m awayRef 199820J150601
Slight
Audi TTS crash on the B4179 in Dudley, 2 May 2023
9 m awayRef 2023201311286
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B4179 in Dudley, 15 January 1999
9 m awayRef 199920J005701
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4179 in Dudley, 14 January 2014
9 m awayRef 201420J001064
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Sym Jet
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Sym Jet)
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 2015200035868 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 2015.