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Bromsgrove road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 434 road traffic collisions in Bromsgrove in 1979, and 598 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 118 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 13,360 collisions in Bromsgrove.

Collisions in 1979
434
Casualties in 1979
598
Fatal collisions
11
2.5% of collisions
Serious collisions
118
27% of collisions

Crash severity in Bromsgrove in 1979

2.5% of collisions in Bromsgrove in 1979 were fatal and 27% serious, against 2.4% and 19% in Bromsgrove from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal112.5%
  • Serious11827%
  • Slight30570%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal132.2%
  • Serious16227%
  • Slight42371%

Bromsgrove road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bromsgrove, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 449 in 1980. 1979 is highlighted, with 434.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025135188
2024137186
2023151196
2022162205
2021173237
2020131189
2019145195
2018153220
2017168227
2016199290
2015181264
2014165215
2013197272
2012191273
2011253344
2010230305
2009237353
2008251356
2007242344
2006242326
2005241322
2004253374
2003270385
2002290428
2001289420
2000272374
1999371532
1998362510
1997380598
1996340475
1995329470
1994356511
1993308436
1992335472
1991348463
1990429611
1989397555
1988378528
1987374523
1986355533
1985401552
1984411580
1983416588
1982414592
1981415634
1980449653
1979434598

When and where crashes happen in Bromsgrove in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday60 (14%)
  • Tuesday59 (14%)
  • Wednesday68 (16%)
  • Thursday55 (13%)
  • Friday71 (16%)
  • Saturday64 (15%)
  • Sunday57 (13%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5928 (6.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:594 (0.9%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5941 (9.4%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5958 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5968 (16%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5991 (21%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5958 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5986 (20%)

Collisions by month

  • January27 (6.2%)
  • February21 (4.8%)
  • March26 (6%)
  • April39 (9%)
  • May32 (7.4%)
  • June29 (6.7%)
  • July43 (9.9%)
  • August27 (6.2%)
  • September47 (11%)
  • October48 (11%)
  • November51 (12%)
  • December44 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight270 (62%)
  • Dark, no street lighting86 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights lit72 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds309 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds66 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (2.8%)
  • Fog or mist10 (2.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.9%)
  • Other24 (5.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry239 (55%)
  • Wet or damp140 (32%)
  • Frost or ice40 (9.2%)
  • Snow13 (3%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph183 (42%)
  • 40 mph48 (11%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph3 (0.7%)
  • 70 mph199 (46%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway341 (79%)
  • Dual carriageway77 (18%)
  • One way street or slip road10 (2.3%)
  • Roundabout5 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Bromsgrove in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant326 (55%)
  • Motorcyclist121 (20%)
  • Pedestrian74 (12%)
  • Cyclist37 (6.2%)
  • Van occupant26 (4.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 56 (1%)
  • 6 to 1030 (5%)
  • 11 to 1543 (7.2%)
  • 16 to 20188 (31%)
  • 21 to 2565 (11%)
  • 26 to 35113 (19%)
  • 36 to 4557 (9.5%)
  • 46 to 5543 (7.2%)
  • 56 to 6535 (5.9%)
  • 66 to 7512 (2%)
  • Over 756 (1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider350 (59%)
  • Passenger174 (29%)
  • Pedestrian74 (12%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car489 (66%)
  • Motorcycle120 (16%)
  • Pedal cycle42 (5.7%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes40 (5.4%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes32 (4.3%)
  • Bus or coach12 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Bromsgrove in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Bromsgrove

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

How Bromsgrove ranked among 349 areas in 1979

Of the 349 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Bromsgrove had fewer road collisions than 230 of them in 1979.

Collisions
231st
of 349 areas, highest first
Casualties
225th
of 349 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
223rd
of 349 areas, highest first
Serious collisions
252nd
of 349 areas, highest first

Roads in Bromsgrove with the most crashes in 1979

The A38 had the most collisions in Bromsgrove in 1979: 56, including 10 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Bromsgrove, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA385662010
2ndM5284426
3rdA435213028
4thA448213619
5thA456202515
6thA491162925
7thB4091151700
8thA441141905
9thB4096131905
10thB4120131813
11thB45516712
12thA4505700
13thA4594801
14thA40912502
15thB41882202
16thA40231200
17thB41871100

Towns in Bromsgrove: crashes in 1979

Bromsgrove itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1979: 84.

Postcode districts in Bromsgrove: crashes in 1979

B61 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Bromsgrove in 1979: 139.

Latest crashes in Bromsgrove in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Bromsgrove in 1979, none were fatal and 9 were serious. The last was on 30 December 1979.

Severity

Bromsgrove road accidents in other years