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Fatal A38 crash in Bromsgrove on 19 December 2004 at 02:10 involving an MCC Smart

An MCC Smart hit a pedestrian on the A38 in Bromsgrove at 02:10 on Sunday 19 December 2004. A 23-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Dec 2004
Sunday, 02:10
Vehicles
1
MCC Smart
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.32967, longitude -2.05338, in the B60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromsgrove. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bromsgrove Central, Bromsgrove, B60 2NF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200422DN42198
Council area
Bromsgrove
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4184

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MCC Smart

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (MCC Smart)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200422DN42198 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bromsgrove road accident statistics for 2004.