Serious A451 crash in Wyre Forest on 12 November 2012 at 17:32 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira, a car and a Peugeot were involved in a crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest at 17:32 on Monday 12 November 2012. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Nov 2012
- Monday, 17:32
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Zafira and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34941, longitude -2.27436, in the DY13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stourport-on-Severn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mitton, Wyre Forest, DY13 8EB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222D204640
- 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
- 451
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 2019.
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on an unclassified road in Wyre Forest, 13 March 2019
3 m awayRef 2019220825952
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on an unclassified road in Wyre Forest, 29 August 2025
5 m awayRef 2025221636144
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Sport crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 30 November 2016
7 m awayRef 2016220137403
Serious
Aprilia SR 50 crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 13 January 2022
8 m awayRef 2022221140132
Serious
Honda crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 23 November 2007
10 m awayRef 200722DA87357
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Wyre Forest, 30 November 1995
14 m awayRef 199522AJ13004
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot)
- 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 201222D204640 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.