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B4497 crash in Redditch on 31 May 2007 at 17:30 involving a Rover 200 Series

Two Rover 200 Series cars, a Honda Civic and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the B4497 in Redditch at 17:30 on Thursday 31 May 2007. The 48-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 19-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic and the 47-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 May 2007
Thursday, 17:30
Vehicles
4
Rover 200 Series and 3 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2997, longitude -1.90348, in the B98 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Winyates, Redditch, B98 0JF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Redditch

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200722DE86329
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4497
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 1982.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 4: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Passat)

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 200722DE86329 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 2007.