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Serious A442 crash in Wyre Forest on 7 November 1996 at 08:32 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A442 in Wyre Forest at 08:32 on Thursday 7 November 1996. The 26-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Nov 1996
Thursday, 08:32
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37799, longitude -2.25057, 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
199622AM07556
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
442
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 199622AM07556 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 1996.