A451 crash in Wyre Forest on 11 August 2020 at 22:44 involving a Mercedes Cla Class
A Mercedes Cla Class and a Toyota Aygo were involved in a crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest at 22:44 on Tuesday 11 August 2020. The 22-year-old female driver of the Toyota Aygo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Aug 2020
- Tuesday, 22:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Cla Class and Toyota Aygo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42487, longitude -2.18164, in the DY10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020220976981
- Council area
- Wyre Forest
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 451
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining with 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, 17 metres away, was a fatal crash on 21 August 1986.
Fatal
Van crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 21 August 1986
17 m awayRef 1986220108042
Slight
Car crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 7 December 1981
22 m awayRef 1981220112031
Fatal
Car crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 25 February 1979
22 m awayRef 1979220102039
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A451 in South Staffordshire, 12 August 1981
45 m awayRef 1981211200617
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 17 February 1980
54 m awayRef 1980220102039
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A451 in Wyre Forest, 6 December 2014
76 m awayRef 201422D404600
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Cla Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2020220976981 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.