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Fatal A448 crash in Bromsgrove on 5 February 1990 at 16:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A448 in Bromsgrove at 16:00 on Monday 5 February 1990. A 46-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 29-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle were killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Feb 1990
Monday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Suzuki
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.3333, longitude -2.03929, in the B60 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990220202004
Council area
Bromsgrove
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
448
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 1990220202004 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bromsgrove road accident statistics for 1990.