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B4091 crash in Bromsgrove on 1 February 1998 at 21:10 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A car and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B4091 in Bromsgrove at 21:10 on Sunday 1 February 1998. A 17-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Feb 1998
Sunday, 21:10
Vehicles
2
Car and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30694, longitude -2.07769, in the B60 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822BX00228
Council area
Bromsgrove
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4091
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 199822BX00228 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 1998.