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Serious unclassified road crash in Wyre Forest DY10 on 26 February 1994 at 13:55 involving a Mazda 626

A Mazda 626 hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Wyre Forest at 13:55 on Saturday 26 February 1994. A 59-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 23-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 1994
Saturday, 13:55
Vehicles
1
Mazda 626
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38519, longitude -2.24753, in the DY10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994220102017
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 59, hit by vehicle 1 (Mazda 626)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Mazda 626)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1994220102017 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.