Serious B4190 crash in Wyre Forest on 28 November 2008 at 22:50 involving an LDV 400 Series van
An LDV 400 Series van hit a pedestrian on the B4190 in Wyre Forest at 22:50 on Friday 28 November 2008. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Nov 2008
- Friday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- LDV 400 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37528, longitude -2.31697, in the DY12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bewdley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wribbenhall & Arley, Wyre Forest, DY12 1HH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200822DA00591
- Council area
- Wyre Forest
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4190
- 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 lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 18 August 1985
At the same spotRef 1985220108040
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B4190 in Wyre Forest, 11 June 2011
10 m awayRef 201122D102456
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4190 in Wyre Forest, 8 May 2006
10 m awayRef 200622DA51262
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 25 June 1987
10 m awayRef 1987220106053
Serious
Minibus crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 3 July 1987
10 m awayRef 1987220107004
Slight
Car crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 17 March 1988
14 m awayRef 1988220103019
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: LDV 400 Series
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- 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 200822DA00591 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 2008.