A4023 crash in Redditch on 21 December 2015 at 13:45 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a car were involved in a crash on the A4023 in Redditch at 13:45 on Monday 21 December 2015. The 37-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 4-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2015
- Monday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30671, longitude -1.93341, in the B98 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Redditch, B98 8DU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redditch
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015220038714
- 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
- 4023
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 2019.
Slight
Scania crash on the A4023 in Redditch, 2 September 2019
4 m awayRef 2019220876647
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4023 in Redditch, 24 October 1992
5 m awayRef 1992220310032
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4023 in Redditch, 8 July 2012
14 m awayRef 201222D202737
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4023 in Redditch, 27 October 2003
14 m awayRef 200322DE33886
Slight
Van crash on the A4023 in Redditch, 5 September 1989
16 m awayRef 1989220209004
Serious
MAN/VW crash on the A4023 in Redditch, 24 December 1992
18 m awayRef 1992220312037
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2015220038714 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 2015.