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Fatal A448 crash in Bromsgrove on 15 March 1985 at 21:55 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A448 in Bromsgrove at 21:55 on Friday 15 March 1985. A 27-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was killed, the 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 57-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 Mar 1985
Friday, 21:55
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.33124, longitude -2.03371, in the B60 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985220203032
Council area
Bromsgrove
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
448
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1985220203032 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bromsgrove road accident statistics for 1985.