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A441 crash in Bromsgrove on 13 July 1997 at 21:50 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A441 in Bromsgrove at 21:50 on Sunday 13 July 1997. The 48-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 31-year-old female driver of the Ford Orion were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Jul 1997
Sunday, 21:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford Orion
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37124, longitude -1.9556, in the B48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hopwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722BP02268
Council area
Bromsgrove
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
441
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

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 199722BP02268 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 1997.