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Fatal unclassified road crash in Redditch B98 on 31 July 1979 at 14:30 involving a van

A van crashed on an unclassified road in Redditch at 14:30 on Tuesday 31 July 1979. The 29-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
31 Jul 1979
Tuesday, 14:30
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.31008, longitude -1.90975, in the B98 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979220207026
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1979220207026 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redditch road accident statistics for 1979.