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Unclassified road crash in Redditch B98 on 10 April 1997 at 18:35 involving an FSO Cars Polonez

An FSO Cars Polonez and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Redditch at 18:35 on Thursday 10 April 1997. The 20-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 106 and a 55-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 106 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Apr 1997
Thursday, 18:35
Vehicles
2
FSO Cars Polonez and Peugeot 106
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29859, longitude -1.93485, in the B98 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Redditch

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722BG01088
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: FSO Cars Polonez

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,527 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)

    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 199722BG01088 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 1997.