Unclassified road crash in Redditch B97 on 20 March 2015 at 20:46 involving a Ford Fiesta
Two cars and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Redditch at 20:46 on Friday 20 March 2015. The 37-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 23-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Mar 2015
- Friday, 20:46
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27908, longitude -1.93957, in the B97 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Headless Cross & Oakenshaw, Redditch, B98 7XQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201522D501041
- Council area
- Redditch
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 July 1999.
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 12 July 1999
14 m awayRef 199922BD01752
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 1 February 1997
14 m awayRef 199722BH00284
Slight
Austin Mini crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 31 January 2003
14 m awayRef 200322BA28866
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 4 November 1995
14 m awayRef 199522BR07491
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 9 March 2020
25 m awayRef 2020220941203
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 15 July 2005
28 m awayRef 200522DG45925
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
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 201522D501041 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.