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Unclassified road crash in Redditch B97 on 21 March 1996 at 11:15 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and an Austin Montego were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Redditch at 11:15 on Thursday 21 March 1996. The 21-year-old female driver of the Austin Montego was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Mar 1996
Thursday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Austin Montego
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2914, longitude -1.94424, in the B97 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199622BT01604
Council area
Redditch
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Montego)

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 199622BT01604 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redditch road accident statistics for 1996.