A451 crash in Wyre Forest on 18 February 2015 at 08:00 involving a Vauxhall Tigra
A Vauxhall Tigra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest at 08:00 on Wednesday 18 February 2015. The 66-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Feb 2015
- Wednesday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Tigra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37662, longitude -2.25967, in the DY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blakebrook & Habberley South, Wyre Forest, DY11 6NA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201522D500715
- Council area
- Wyre Forest
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4549
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 14 November 2007
At the same spotRef 200722DA87427
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 5 January 2000
At the same spotRef 200022AA13368
Slight
Van crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 29 September 2012
At the same spotRef 201222D203964
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 8 July 2013
At the same spotRef 201322D302456
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 6 May 1988
At the same spotRef 1988220105012
Serious
Ford Galaxy crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 1 August 2008
At the same spotRef 200822DA88780
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Tigra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 66, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201522D500715 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 2015.