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Serious B4497 crash in Redditch on 5 December 2013 at 09:05 involving a Honda Accord

A Honda Accord and a Suzuki Wagon R+ were involved in a crash on the B4497 in Redditch at 09:05 on Thursday 5 December 2013. The 85-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Wagon R+ was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Dec 2013
Thursday, 09:05
Vehicles
2
Honda Accord and Suzuki Wagon R+
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.3077, longitude -1.90493, in the B98 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Winyates, Redditch, B98 0JF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201322D304545
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4497
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Accord

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Wagon R+

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    85 years
    Engine capacity
    1,229 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Wagon R+)

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 201322D304545 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redditch road accident statistics for 2013.