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A491 crash in Bromsgrove on 2 February 1992 at 00:01 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A491 in Bromsgrove at 00:01 on Sunday 2 February 1992. The 81-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Feb 1992
Sunday, 00:01
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41416, longitude -2.12213, in the DY9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992220202001
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

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 1992220202001 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 1992.