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A451 crash in Wyre Forest on 26 December 2003 at 15:55 involving a Mini Cooper

A Mini Cooper and a car were involved in a crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest at 15:55 on Friday 26 December 2003. The 21-year-old male driver of the Mini Cooper, the 48-year-old male driver of the car and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 2003
Friday, 15:55
Vehicles
2
Mini Cooper and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.36003, longitude -2.26884, in the DY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mitton, Wyre Forest, DY11 7FB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200322DC35152
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
451
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

    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 200322DC35152 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 2003.