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B4096 crash in Redditch on 24 January 2002 at 16:00 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus and a taxi were involved in a crash on the B4096 in Redditch at 16:00 on Thursday 24 January 2002. A 68-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes bus was 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
24 Jan 2002
Thursday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.31169, longitude -1.95156, in the B97 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Redditch, B97 6AD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200222BA23697
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
4096
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 2 April 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 200222BA23697 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 2002.