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Fatal M5 crash in Wychavon on 2 March 1990 at 23:45 involving a Rover SD1

A Rover SD1 crashed on the M5 in Wychavon at 23:45 on Friday 2 March 1990. A 20-year-old male passenger and a 19-year-old female passenger were killed, two other people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
2 Mar 1990
Friday, 23:45
Vehicles
1
Rover SD1
Casualties
5
2 killed, 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28991, longitude -2.12091, 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
1990220203008
Council area
Wychavon
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover SD1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover SD1)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover SD1)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover SD1)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover SD1)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover SD1)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1990220203008 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.