A441 crash in Redditch on 23 March 2019 at 23:25 involving a Renault Trafic van
A Renault Trafic van and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A441 in Redditch at 23:25 on Saturday 23 March 2019. The 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 25-year-old male driver of the Renault Trafic van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Mar 2019
- Saturday, 23:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Trafic and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27795, longitude -1.93802, in the B97 postcode district. 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
- 2019220830601
- 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
- 441
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 2016.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A441 in Redditch, 19 October 2016
3 m awayRef 2016220122388
Slight
Vauxhall Midi crash on the B4504 in Redditch, 27 July 2004
6 m awayRef 200422DG39280
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A441 in Redditch, 24 July 2008
6 m awayRef 200822DE88739
Slight
Car crash on the A441 in Redditch, 17 February 1985
6 m awayRef 1985220202014
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A441 in Redditch, 15 July 1998
6 m awayRef 199822BW02067
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A441 in Redditch, 13 January 2013
6 m awayRef 201322D300207
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Trafic)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019220830601 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 2019.