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Serious unclassified road crash in Redditch B98 on 25 December 1990 at 02:25 involving a Volkswagen Santana

A Volkswagen Santana crashed on an unclassified road in Redditch at 02:25 on Tuesday 25 December 1990. The 23-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Dec 1990
Tuesday, 02:25
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Santana
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30461, longitude -1.93895, in the B98 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990220212041
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Santana

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Santana)

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 1990220212041 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redditch road accident statistics for 1990.