A449 crash in Wyre Forest on 11 September 2001 at 13:12 involving a Mercedes 200
A Mercedes 200, a Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest at 13:12 on Tuesday 11 September 2001. The 55-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Sep 2001
- Tuesday, 13:12
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes 200 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37286, longitude -2.2416, in the DY10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Foley Park & Hoobrook, Wyre Forest, DY10 1NU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200122AA18249
- Council area
- Wyre Forest
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 449
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 2016.
Slight
Yamaha XC 125 crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 23 September 2016
9 m awayRef 2016220113662
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 7 September 1988
10 m awayRef 1988220109011
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 30 January 1993
28 m awayRef 1993220101022
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 11 September 1981
32 m awayRef 1981220109021
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 12 August 1987
32 m awayRef 1987220108028
Serious
Renault Kadjar crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 1 March 2025
34 m awayRef 2025221559990
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes 200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 200122AA18249 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 2001.