B4504 crash in Redditch on 4 December 2020 at 19:29 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4504 in Redditch at 19:29 on Friday 4 December 2020. The 62-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2020
- Friday, 19:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes A Class and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27643, longitude -1.94214, in the B97 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Webheath & Callow Hill, Redditch, B97 5YE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020221006232
- Council area
- Redditch
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4504
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2007.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B4504 in Redditch, 14 October 2007
5 m awayRef 200722DE87077
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 28 December 2017
12 m awayRef 2017220256020
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B4504 in Redditch, 8 January 2004
14 m awayRef 200422DG35329
Serious
Citroen ZX crash on the B4504 in Redditch, 5 June 1998
23 m awayRef 199822BA01588
Serious
Austin Allegro crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 18 March 1991
23 m awayRef 1991220303010
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 20 September 1990
31 m awayRef 1990220209033
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2020221006232 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 2020.