Serious M5 crash in Bromsgrove on 2 May 2021 at 22:00 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo and two BMW 3 Series cars were involved in a crash on the M5 in Bromsgrove at 22:00 on Sunday 2 May 2021. A 20-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Toyota Aygo was seriously injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 May 2021
- Sunday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Aygo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.33542, longitude -2.0845, in the B61 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021221041382
- Council area
- Bromsgrove
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 1994.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M5 in Bromsgrove, 18 July 1994
17 m awayRef 199422CF10586
Slight
Lorry crash on the M5 in Bromsgrove, 29 August 1985
28 m awayRef 1985220208057
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M5 in Bromsgrove, 3 June 2011
29 m awayRef 201122D102352
Slight
Van crash on the M5 in Bromsgrove, 5 November 1982
33 m awayRef 1982220211027
Slight
Van crash on the M5 in Bromsgrove, 18 March 1986
33 m awayRef 1986220203025
Slight
Car crash on the M5 in Bromsgrove, 17 March 1989
66 m awayRef 1989220203024
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2021221041382 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bromsgrove road accident statistics for 2021.