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Serious B4190 crash in Wyre Forest on 16 November 1988 at 20:00 involving a car

A car and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the B4190 in Wyre Forest at 20:00 on Wednesday 16 November 1988. The 18-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Nov 1988
Wednesday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Car and motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37528, longitude -2.32826, in the DY12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bewdley.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1988220111031
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4190
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 1988220111031 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 1988.