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A4172 crash in Malvern Hills on 7 February 1990 at 19:05 involving a Colt Mitsubishi

A Colt Mitsubishi and a Mercedes 200 were involved in a crash on the A4172 in Malvern Hills at 19:05 on Wednesday 7 February 1990. The 28-year-old female driver of the Colt Mitsubishi and the 46-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 200 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 1990
Wednesday, 19:05
Vehicles
2
Colt Mitsubishi and Mercedes 200
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04359, longitude -2.49466, in the HR8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990220302034
Council area
Malvern Hills
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4172
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Colt Mitsubishi

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Colt Mitsubishi)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 200)

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 1990220302034 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Malvern Hills road accident statistics for 1990.