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A491 crash in Bromsgrove on 26 March 1993 at 22:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A491 in Bromsgrove at 22:00 on Friday 26 March 1993. The 65-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Mar 1993
Friday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42647, longitude -2.1279, in the DY9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hagley.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993220203015
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
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
456

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1993220203015 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 1993.