A456 crash in Wyre Forest on 7 August 2012 at 10:05 involving a Volkswagen Beetle
A Volkswagen Beetle and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest at 10:05 on Tuesday 7 August 2012. The 28-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Beetle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Aug 2012
- Tuesday, 10:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Beetle and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38458, longitude -2.26649, in the DY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blakebrook & Habberley South, Wyre Forest, DY11 6NA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222D203254
- Council area
- Wyre Forest
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 456
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 2007.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 7 January 2007
At the same spotRef 200722DA85515
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 17 May 1998
At the same spotRef 199822AJ01941
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 10 July 1998
At the same spotRef 199822AN02980
Serious
Honda Accord crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 25 October 2025
3 m awayRef 2025221660126
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 25 November 2025
7 m awayRef 2025221679889
Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 19 July 2020
8 m awayRef 2020220966146
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)
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 201222D203254 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 2012.