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A449 crash in Wyre Forest on 13 August 1994 at 14:05 involving an MG Montego

An MG Montego and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest at 14:05 on Saturday 13 August 1994. The 23-year-old male driver of the MG Montego, a 63-year-old female passenger in the Austin Maestro and a 63-year-old male passenger in the Austin Maestro were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Aug 1994
Saturday, 14:05
Vehicles
2
MG Montego and Austin Maestro
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39115, longitude -2.23301, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199422AY08394
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Montego)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199422AY08394 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.