Fatal A448 crash in Bromsgrove on 3 November 2012 at 05:15 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van hit a pedestrian on the A448 in Bromsgrove at 05:15 on Saturday 3 November 2012. A 24-year-old male pedestrian was killed.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 3 Nov 2012
- Saturday, 05:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.33282, longitude -2.03768, in the B60 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222D204441
- 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
- 448
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 December 2025.
Serious
Yamaha YZF crash on the A448 in Bromsgrove, 16 December 2025
10 m awayRef 2025221684506
Serious
Car crash on the A448 in Bromsgrove, 19 September 1983
10 m awayRef 1983220209052
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A448 in Bromsgrove, 3 March 2017
37 m awayRef 2017220165248
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A448 in Bromsgrove, 23 April 1982
42 m awayRef 1982220204057
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A448 in Bromsgrove, 14 June 1994
50 m awayRef 199422RT06158
Slight
MG Metro crash on the A448 in Bromsgrove, 29 November 1990
58 m awayRef 1990220211065
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalMale, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
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 201222D204441 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.