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A449 crash in Malvern Hills on 29 September 1990 at 09:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A449 in Malvern Hills at 09:15 on Saturday 29 September 1990. The 19-year-old male driver and a 27-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Sep 1990
Saturday, 09:15
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.99518, longitude -2.50272, 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
1990220309074
Council area
Malvern Hills
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 81 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1990220309074 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.