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A456 crash in Wyre Forest on 27 May 1991 at 16:35 involving an Audi Coupe

An Audi Coupe and a Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest at 16:35 on Monday 27 May 1991. The 21-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle, a 22-year-old female passenger on the Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle and a 43-year-old male passenger in the Audi Coupe were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 May 1991
Monday, 16:35
Vehicles
2
Audi Coupe and Kawasaki ZX1000
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38106, longitude -2.28364, in the DY12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991220105022
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
456
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 21 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi Coupe

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,226 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX1000

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX1000)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX1000)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi Coupe)

    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 1991220105022 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.