Serious A449 crash in Wyre Forest on 15 May 2017 at 15:10 involving a Toyota Hilux
A Toyota Hilux hit a pedestrian on the A449 in Wyre Forest at 15:10 on Monday 15 May 2017. A 57-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 May 2017
- Monday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Hilux
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38307, longitude -2.23581, in the DY10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Offmore & Comberton, Wyre Forest, DY10 3DB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017220182621
- 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
- 449
- Road type
- Single 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 2009.
Slight
Hyundai Amica crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 26 November 2009
19 m awayRef 200922D906609
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 20 March 1997
38 m awayRef 199722AX01332
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 14 March 2016
53 m awayRef 2016220072468
Slight
Lorry crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 20 February 1986
60 m awayRef 1986220102014
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 16 October 1996
68 m awayRef 199622AW06989
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A449 in Wyre Forest, 11 September 1992
75 m awayRef 1992220109034
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 57, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2017220182621 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 2017.