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A456 crash in Wyre Forest on 20 June 1987 at 15:20 involving a car

Two cars and a van were involved in a crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest at 15:20 on Saturday 20 June 1987. The 34-year-old female driver of the van and the 21-year-old female driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jun 1987
Saturday, 15:20
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39233, longitude -2.22964, 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
1987220106026
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
456
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 1987220106026 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 1987.