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Unclassified road crash in Dudley DY1 on 8 September 2018 at 20:08 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Dudley at 20:08 on Saturday 8 September 2018. A 69-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Sep 2018
Saturday, 20:08
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50975, longitude -2.08354, in the DY1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dudley. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. James's, Dudley, DY2 7AD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018200336085
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    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 2018200336085 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 2018.