A450 crash in Wyre Forest on 26 January 1992 at 13:15 involving a Rover
A Rover, a Ford Granada and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A450 in Wyre Forest at 13:15 on Sunday 26 January 1992. An 82-year-old female passenger in the Ford Granada was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jan 1992
- Sunday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39316, longitude -2.16028, in the DY9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1992220101020
- Council area
- Wyre Forest
- Police force
- West Mercia
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 450
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 April 1985.
Serious
Car crash on the A450 in Wyre Forest, 6 April 1985
10 m awayRef 1985220104009
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A450 in Wyre Forest, 17 August 1992
10 m awayRef 1992220108017
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A450 in Wyre Forest, 28 December 2017
16 m awayRef 2017220255314
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A450 in Wyre Forest, 11 April 1992
71 m awayRef 1992220104007
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A450 in Wyre Forest, 11 February 2020
152 m awayRef 2020220934149
Serious
Car crash on the A450 in Wyre Forest, 7 October 1982
168 m awayRef 1982220110015
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Granada
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 1992220101020 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 1992.