B4497 crash in Redditch on 25 May 2001 at 19:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the B4497 in Redditch at 19:00 on Friday 25 May 2001. The 18-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 May 2001
- Friday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.3024, longitude -1.90288, in the B98 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Winyates, Redditch, B98 0JF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redditch
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200122BB19850
- Council area
- Redditch
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4497
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2007.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the B4497 in Redditch, 14 April 2007
At the same spotRef 200722DE86033
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 7 June 1999
At the same spotRef 199922BT01374
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4497 in Redditch, 17 April 2000
At the same spotRef 200022BB13197
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the B4497 in Redditch, 1 March 2003
10 m awayRef 200322BB29324
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4497 in Redditch, 18 May 2000
10 m awayRef 200022BB13829
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B4497 in Redditch, 1 May 2002
10 m awayRef 200222BB25083
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 200122BB19850 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 2001.