A4168 crash in Dudley on 9 November 2016 at 09:17 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A4168 in Dudley at 09:17 on Wednesday 9 November 2016. The 30-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Nov 2016
- Wednesday, 09:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52344, 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
- 2016200129259
- 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
- Daylight
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2012.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A4168 in Dudley, 14 December 2012
4 m awayRef 201220J013642
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4168 in Dudley, 4 January 2002
4 m awayRef 200220J003701
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A4168 in Dudley, 1 April 2005
4 m awayRef 200520J040501
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4168 in Dudley, 11 October 2008
6 m awayRef 200820J082001
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the A4168 in Dudley, 22 June 2006
16 m awayRef 200620J052801
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4168 in Dudley, 3 October 2005
26 m awayRef 200520J113501
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
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 2016200129259 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 2016.