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A442 crash in Wyre Forest on 14 January 2020 at 17:45 involving a Volvo V40

A Volvo V40 and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A442 in Wyre Forest at 17:45 on Tuesday 14 January 2020. A 26-year-old male passenger in the Audi A3 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 2020
Tuesday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Volvo V40 and Audi A3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.3909, longitude -2.26023, in the DY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Franche & Habberley North, Wyre Forest, DY11 5QA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020220919937
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
442
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
4535

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo V40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least 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 2020220919937 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 2020.