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Fatal unclassified road crash in Wychavon WR9 on 1 December 1990 at 00:35 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on an unclassified road in Wychavon at 00:35 on Saturday 1 December 1990. The 23-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 Dec 1990
Saturday, 00:35
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.32305, longitude -2.20859, in the WR9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990220112010
Council area
Wychavon
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 1990220112010 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wychavon road accident statistics for 1990.