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A491 crash in Bromsgrove on 26 July 1996 at 11:35 involving a Volvo 850

A Volvo 850, a Leyland lorry and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A491 in Bromsgrove at 11:35 on Friday 26 July 1996. The 34-year-old male driver of the Volvo 850 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jul 1996
Friday, 11:35
Vehicles
3
Volvo 850 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4164, longitude -2.1264, in the DY9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199622AM05095
Council area
Bromsgrove
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
491
Road type
Dual 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a fatal crash on 12 December 2025.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 850

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 850)

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 199622AM05095 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 1996.