B4179 crash in Dudley on 30 August 2015 at 21:39 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4179 in Dudley at 21:39 on Sunday 30 August 2015. The 59-year-old female driver of the Toyota Avensis and the 19-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Aug 2015
- Sunday, 21:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and Peugeot Speedfight
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48562, longitude -2.12424, 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
- 201520J008975
- 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
- Crossroads
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2003.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Dudley, 6 March 2003
At the same spotRef 200320J026801
Slight
Fiat Cinquecento crash on the B4179 in Dudley, 22 March 2002
At the same spotRef 200220J033401
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B4179 in Dudley, 15 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200020J097501
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B4179 in Dudley, 25 May 1998
At the same spotRef 199820J090701
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4179 in Dudley, 21 August 2005
At the same spotRef 200520J083101
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4179 in Dudley, 26 May 2008
At the same spotRef 200820J049401
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Speedfight
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 100 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Peugeot Speedfight)
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 201520J008975 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.