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Fatal A451 crash in Wyre Forest on 19 February 1990 at 08:46 involving a lorry

A lorry hit a pedestrian on the A451 in Wyre Forest at 08:46 on Monday 19 February 1990. A 65-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Feb 1990
Monday, 08:46
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39167, longitude -2.24639, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990220102053
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
451
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 22 February 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 65, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1990220102053 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 1990.