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Serious B4497 crash in Redditch on 16 March 1998 at 16:30 involving a Nissan Cherry

A Nissan Cherry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4497 in Redditch at 16:30 on Monday 16 March 1998. The 16-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and the 18-year-old female driver of the Nissan Cherry was 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
Serious
Date
16 Mar 1998
Monday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Nissan Cherry and bicycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28904, longitude -1.90232, in the B98 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Redditch

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822BL00655
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4497
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
Footbridge or subway

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 27 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Cherry)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199822BL00655 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 1998.