A448 crash in Redditch on 7 November 2017 at 18:35 involving an MG ZS
An MG ZS, a Citroen C4 and a Peugeot 208 were involved in a crash on the A448 in Redditch at 18:35 on Tuesday 7 November 2017. The 52-year-old female driver of the MG ZS, the 30-year-old female driver of the Citroen C4 and the 27-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 208 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Nov 2017
- Tuesday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- MG ZS and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29593, longitude -1.94861, in the B97 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Redditch, B98 7NG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redditch
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017220237209
- Council area
- Redditch
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 448
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2009.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A448 in Redditch, 11 November 2009
22 m awayRef 200922D906201
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A448 in Redditch, 23 November 1993
65 m awayRef 1993220311032
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 18 December 1981
78 m awayRef 1981220212008
Slight
Minibus crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 26 August 1988
84 m awayRef 1988220208039
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 9 July 1988
85 m awayRef 1988220207021
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A448 in Redditch, 21 June 2018
91 m awayRef 2018220303999
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: MG ZS
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZS)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 208)
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 2017220237209 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 2017.