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Unclassified road crash in Redditch B98 on 8 May 2019 at 10:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Meriva were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Redditch at 10:15 on Wednesday 8 May 2019. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 May 2019
Wednesday, 10:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Meriva
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28286, longitude -1.92686, in the B98 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Headless Cross & Oakenshaw, Redditch, B98 7XQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Redditch

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019220840349
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    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 2019220840349 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.