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Unclassified road crash in Redditch B98 on 23 August 2007 at 12:40 involving a Volvo 960

A car and a Volvo 960 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Redditch at 12:40 on Thursday 23 August 2007. The 39-year-old male driver of the car and the 28-year-old male driver of the Volvo 960 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Aug 2007
Thursday, 12:40
Vehicles
2
Car and Volvo 960
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30557, longitude -1.93661, in the B98 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Redditch, B98 8DU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200722DE86798
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
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 960

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,922 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 960)

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 200722DE86798 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.