A456 crash in Wyre Forest on 14 November 1991 at 01:55 involving an Austin Montego
An Austin Montego crashed on the A456 in Wyre Forest at 01:55 on Thursday 14 November 1991. The 32-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Nov 1991
- Thursday, 01:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Austin Montego
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.36878, longitude -2.33791, 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
- 1991220111018
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 December 1995.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 7 December 1995
41 m awayRef 199522AY12925
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 20 October 1999
64 m awayRef 199922AD10924
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 13 January 2011
71 m awayRef 201122D100259
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 16 April 2006
72 m awayRef 200622DA51491
Fatal
Cagiva crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 12 December 1994
92 m awayRef 199422AJ13326
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 2 June 2005
103 m awayRef 200522DD45051
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Austin Montego
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)
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 1991220111018 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.