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Fatal A441 crash in Redditch on 17 May 1985 at 07:55 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A441 in Redditch at 07:55 on Friday 17 May 1985. A 77-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
17 May 1985
Friday, 07:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25256, longitude -1.93697, in the B96 postcode district and within the built-up area of Astwood Bank.

Map of where the crash happened in Redditch

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985220205028
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
441
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1985220205028 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 1985.