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M42 crash in Bromsgrove on 17 August 1992 at 22:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Datsun Sunny were involved in a crash on the M42 in Bromsgrove at 22:20 on Monday 17 August 1992. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 1992
Monday, 22:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Datsun Sunny
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.353, longitude -2.00495, in the B60 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992220208018
Council area
Bromsgrove
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
42
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 October 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Datsun Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Datsun Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Datsun Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Datsun Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Datsun Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Datsun Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Datsun Sunny)

    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 1992220208018 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.