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A38 crash in Bromsgrove on 3 November 2012 at 12:10 involving a Volkswagen Bora

A taxi and a Volkswagen Bora were involved in a crash on the A38 in Bromsgrove at 12:10 on Saturday 3 November 2012. The 47-year-old male driver of the taxi, the 90-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Bora and a 12-year-old male passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Nov 2012
Saturday, 12:10
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Volkswagen Bora
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35125, longitude -2.04783, in the B61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Catshill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lowes Hill, Bromsgrove, B61 0EA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201222C204499
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
20%
Estimated chance it was slight
80%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Bora

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    90 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 90, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Bora)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    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 201222C204499 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 2012.