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Serious A491 crash in Bromsgrove on 7 April 1991 at 15:30 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 crashed on the A491 in Bromsgrove at 15:30 on Sunday 7 April 1991. The 19-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Apr 1991
Sunday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 205
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4112, longitude -2.11007, in the DY9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991220204004
Council area
Bromsgrove
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
491
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

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 1991220204004 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 1991.