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A449 crash in Wyre Forest on 8 October 2004 at 11:45 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest at 11:45 on Friday 8 October 2004. The 25-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 2004
Friday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Peugeot 205
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37042, longitude -2.24584, in the DY10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Foley Park & Hoobrook, Wyre Forest, DY10 1NU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200422DB40471
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
449
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 June 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

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 200422DB40471 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 2004.