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A456 crash in Dudley on 13 November 2022 at 01:30 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on the A456 in Dudley at 01:30 on Sunday 13 November 2022. The 38-year-old male driver and a 13-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Nov 2022
Sunday, 01:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44906, longitude -2.0168, in the B62 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Halesowen South, Dudley, B62 0BX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022201274386
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
456
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
456

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
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,261 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2022201274386 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 2022.