Serious M42 crash in Bromsgrove on 12 March 1994 at 20:20 involving a Nissan Bluebird
A Nissan Bluebird and a car were involved in a crash on the M42 in Bromsgrove at 20:20 on Saturday 12 March 1994. The 42-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Mar 1994
- Saturday, 20:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Bluebird and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35318, longitude -1.99908, in the B45 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1994220203013
- Council area
- Bromsgrove
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 42
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2002.
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the M42 in Bromsgrove, 18 March 2002
14 m awayRef 200222MB24568
Serious
Kia Sportage crash on an unclassified road in Bromsgrove, 2 March 2025
33 m awayRef 2025221560263
Slight
Subaru Legacy crash on the M42 in Bromsgrove, 25 December 2017
37 m awayRef 2017220253690
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M42 in Bromsgrove, 30 April 2016
42 m awayRef 2016220080055
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M42 in Bromsgrove, 28 September 2017
43 m awayRef 2017220225165
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Bromsgrove, 31 December 1981
51 m awayRef 1981220212041
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Bluebird
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 1994220203013 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 1994.