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B4090 crash in Wychavon on 24 May 1997 at 00:41 involving a Skoda 105

A Skoda 105 crashed on the B4090 in Wychavon at 00:41 on Saturday 24 May 1997. The 53-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 May 1997
Saturday, 00:41
Vehicles
1
Skoda 105
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25698, longitude -2.02706, in the B96 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722CQ03166
Council area
Wychavon
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4090
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 June 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda 105

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,046 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda 105)

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 199722CQ03166 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wychavon road accident statistics for 1997.