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A449 crash in Wyre Forest on 16 March 1986 at 18:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest at 18:00 on Sunday 16 March 1986. The 40-year-old female driver of vehicle 1, the 71-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 72-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Mar 1986
Sunday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40618, longitude -2.22648, in the DY10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986220103031
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4189

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 March 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1986220103031 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 1986.