A451 crash in Wyre Forest on 13 December 2013 at 15:34 involving a Fiat 500
A Fiat 500 and a Vauxhall Antara were involved in a crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest at 15:34 on Friday 13 December 2013. The 34-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2013
- Friday, 15:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat 500 and Vauxhall Antara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35724, longitude -2.26985, in the DY11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mitton, Wyre Forest, DY11 7FB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201322D304670
- 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
- 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, street lights unlit
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2016.
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 11 November 2016
27 m awayRef 2016220129133
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 12 February 1980
42 m awayRef 1980220102031
Slight
Van crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 18 June 1987
64 m awayRef 1987220106032
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 8 May 1981
67 m awayRef 1981220105011
Fatal
Yamaha XJR crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 12 September 2025
75 m awayRef 2025221640997
Fatal
Car crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 29 December 1979
76 m awayRef 1979220112031
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Antara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)
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 201322D304670 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 2013.