Serious A441 crash in Redditch on 4 January 2018 at 18:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A441 in Redditch at 18:00 on Thursday 4 January 2018. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Jan 2018
- Thursday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30927, longitude -1.92888, in the B98 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Redditch
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018220274550
- 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
- 441
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4023
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
- Wet or damp
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 2020.
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A4023 in Redditch, 11 August 2020
5 m awayRef 2020220974102
Slight
Car crash on the A441 in Redditch, 9 July 1983
9 m awayRef 1983220207065
Slight
Car crash on the A4023 in Redditch, 26 May 1988
15 m awayRef 1988220205038
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A441 in Redditch, 8 October 2005
18 m awayRef 200522DE47511
Slight
Car crash on the A441 in Redditch, 27 March 1987
25 m awayRef 1987220203031
Slight
MG Metro crash on the A441 in Redditch, 26 November 1993
25 m awayRef 1993220311040
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 2018220274550 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 2018.