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A449 crash in Wyre Forest on 28 April 1983 at 17:20 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest at 17:20 on Thursday 28 April 1983. The 26-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Apr 1983
Thursday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37846, longitude -2.24044, in the DY10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983220104049
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 February 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 1983220104049 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre Forest road accident statistics for 1983.