A456 crash in Wyre Forest on 22 March 2002 at 02:30 involving a DAF Trucks FA 45 lorry
A DAF Trucks FA 45 lorry hit a pedestrian on the A456 in Wyre Forest at 02:30 on Friday 22 March 2002. A 23-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Mar 2002
- Friday, 02:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- DAF Trucks FA 45
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38576, longitude -2.26312, in the DY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blakebrook & Habberley South, Wyre Forest, DY11 6NA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200222AA20108
- Council area
- Wyre Forest
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 456
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 August 2008.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 20 August 2008
At the same spotRef 200822DA88886
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 9 October 2025
4 m awayRef 2025221653080
Serious
Car crash on the A4538 in Wyre Forest, 11 October 1979
10 m awayRef 1979220110025
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 18 May 2002
10 m awayRef 200222AA20655
Slight
Car crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 21 May 1980
10 m awayRef 1980220105046
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 19 August 1986
10 m awayRef 1986220108056
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks FA 45
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks FA 45)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
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 200222AA20108 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 2002.