Unclassified road crash in Redditch B97 on 30 November 2005 at 16:00 involving a Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry
A Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry, a Vauxhall Agila and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Redditch at 16:00 on Wednesday 30 November 2005. The 59-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Agila, the 39-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo and a 7-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2005
- Wednesday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Leyland DAF FA 45 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30234, longitude -1.96814, 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
- 200522DE48525
- Council area
- Redditch
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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 unlit
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 1997.
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 18 December 1997
10 m awayRef 199722BD04328
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 31 October 2002
10 m awayRef 200222BA27697
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 23 January 1984
20 m awayRef 1984220201029
Slight
Bedford crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 11 September 1998
22 m awayRef 199822BU02594
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 25 January 2007
28 m awayRef 200722DE85624
Fatal
Car crash on the A448 in Bromsgrove, 18 February 1988
28 m awayRef 1988220202019
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 45
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Agila
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Agila)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 200522DE48525 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 2005.