Serious A449 crash in Wychavon on 1 February 1992 at 14:05 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Lada Riva were involved in a crash on the A449 in Wychavon at 14:05 on Saturday 1 February 1992. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Feb 1992
- Saturday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Lada Riva
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35681, longitude -2.23254, in the DY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Summerfield.
Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1992220102001
- Council area
- Wychavon
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 442
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 1990.
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in Wychavon, 29 July 1990
At the same spotRef 1990220107051
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A449 in Wychavon, 15 April 2020
7 m awayRef 2020220946211
Serious
Leyland crash on the A449 in Wychavon, 16 April 1993
10 m awayRef 1993220104009
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A449 in Wychavon, 6 July 1999
10 m awayRef 199922AA10074
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in Wychavon, 30 July 1987
10 m awayRef 1987220107055
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A449 in Wychavon, 9 September 2004
10 m awayRef 200422CF43374
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Lada Riva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,294 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada Riva)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada Riva)
- 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 1992220102001 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 1992.