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Unclassified road crash in Redditch B97 on 14 November 2003 at 17:45 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro crashed on an unclassified road in Redditch at 17:45 on Friday 14 November 2003. The 17-year-old male driver and a 17-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Nov 2003
Friday, 17:45
Vehicles
1
Rover Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30252, longitude -1.96785, in the B97 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Batchley & Brockhill, Redditch, B97 4SJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200322DE34215
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    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 200322DE34215 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 2003.