A449 crash in Wyre Forest on 29 July 2015 at 20:14 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and an Alfa Romeo 156 were involved in a crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest at 20:14 on Wednesday 29 July 2015. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Jul 2015
- Wednesday, 20:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and Alfa Romeo 156
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40609, longitude -2.22662, in the DY10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadwaters, Wyre Forest, DY10 2UU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201522D502709
- 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
- 449
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4189
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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 1993.
Slight
Volvo 245 crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 5 March 1993
10 m awayRef 1993220103004
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 25 June 1981
10 m awayRef 1981220106034
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 7 June 2014
10 m awayRef 201422D402083
Slight
Lorry crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 17 July 1987
10 m awayRef 1987220107034
Slight
Van crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 16 November 1987
10 m awayRef 1987220111026
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 20 June 2011
10 m awayRef 201122D102510
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo 156
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alfa Romeo 156)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alfa Romeo 156)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- 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 201522D502709 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.