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Serious B4196 crash in Malvern Hills on 15 November 1991 at 19:45 involving a Talbot Alpine

A Talbot Alpine and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the B4196 in Malvern Hills at 19:45 on Friday 15 November 1991. The 18-year-old male driver of the Talbot Alpine and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Talbot Alpine were seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Nov 1991
Friday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Talbot Alpine and Austin Metro
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.31047, longitude -2.2917, in the DY13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991220111019
Council area
Malvern Hills
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4196
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 June 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Alpine

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,592 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Alpine)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Alpine)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 1991220111019 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 1991.