A441 crash in Redditch on 21 September 2014 at 14:15 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A441 in Redditch at 14:15 on Sunday 21 September 2014. The 38-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 17-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Sep 2014
- Sunday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.31546, longitude -1.93894, in the B97 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Redditch, B97 6AD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201422D403518
- Council area
- Redditch
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 441
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 441
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2001.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A441 in Redditch, 26 June 2001
At the same spotRef 200122BA20527
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A441 in Redditch, 4 March 2008
At the same spotRef 200822DE88002
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the A441 in Redditch, 15 January 2003
At the same spotRef 200322BA28747
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A441 in Redditch, 6 October 2010
At the same spotRef 201022D004960
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A441 in Redditch, 26 May 2002
At the same spotRef 200222BA25437
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A441 in Redditch, 15 April 1995
At the same spotRef 199522BC02694
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- 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 201422D403518 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 2014.