A456 crash in Wyre Forest on 28 January 1994 at 08:00 involving a Ford Orion
A Ford Orion and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest at 08:00 on Friday 28 January 1994. The 18-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jan 1994
- Friday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Orion and Austin Metro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.36659, longitude -2.31938, in the DY12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1994220101029
- Council area
- Wyre Forest
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 456
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 May 1993.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 9 May 1993
10 m awayRef 1993220105005
Serious
Rover 25 crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 30 November 2014
90 m awayRef 201422D404476
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 5 April 1996
103 m awayRef 199622AG02629
Fatal
Saab 9-5 crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 18 April 2007
130 m awayRef 200722DA86042
Serious
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 10 June 2025
131 m awayRef 2025221601200
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 12 November 2013
161 m awayRef 201322D304171
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)
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 1994220101029 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 1994.