A449 crash in Wyre Forest on 5 October 1997 at 18:26 involving a Peugeot 205
A Peugeot 205 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest at 18:26 on Sunday 5 October 1997. The 31-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 205 and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Oct 1997
- Sunday, 18:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 205 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40627, longitude -2.22662, in the DY10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199722AU04756
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4189
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 serious injury crash on 6 October 1979.
Serious
Car crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 6 October 1979
At the same spotRef 1979220110023
Slight
Proton Proton crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 1 October 1994
At the same spotRef 199422AQ10388
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 9 October 1987
At the same spotRef 1987220110013
Serious
Car crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 27 April 1984
At the same spotRef 1984220104056
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4189 in Wyre Forest, 5 March 1993
At the same spotRef 1993220103005
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 18 September 1997
At the same spotRef 199722AZ04554
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 199722AU04756 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 1997.