A449 crash in Wyre Forest on 18 July 1998 at 15:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the A449 in Wyre Forest at 15:40 on Saturday 18 July 1998. A 14-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jul 1998
- Saturday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40014, longitude -2.23482, in the DY10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199822AU03123
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2008.
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 2 June 2008
14 m awayRef 200822DA88460
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 19 August 1983, ref 1983220108070
20 m awayRef 1983220108070
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 24 October 1999
22 m awayRef 199922AA10928
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 29 August 1994
28 m awayRef 199422AP09214
Serious
Car crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 16 September 1986
32 m awayRef 1986220109037
Serious
Car crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 19 August 1983, ref 1983220108060
32 m awayRef 1983220108060
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 199822AU03123 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 1998.