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A456 crash in Wyre Forest on 30 January 1991 at 22:30 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic and an Austin Morris Princess were involved in a crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest at 22:30 on Wednesday 30 January 1991. The 69-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic and an 83-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jan 1991
Wednesday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Honda Civic and Austin Morris Princess
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39307, longitude -2.22068, in the DY10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991220101019
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
456
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
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 27 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Morris Princess

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1991220101019 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 1991.