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Serious M448 crash in Wyre Forest on 9 August 2001 at 11:00 involving a Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry crashed on the M448 in Wyre Forest at 11:00 on Thursday 9 August 2001. A 10-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Aug 2001
Thursday, 11:00
Vehicles
1
Leyland DAF FA 45
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35573, longitude -2.1606, in the DY10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200122AB17971
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
448
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 45

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 10, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FA 45)

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 200122AB17971 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.