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Serious A449 crash in Wychavon on 16 December 1994 at 16:35 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier, a Ford lorry and a Leyland Freighter lorry were involved in a crash on the A449 in Wychavon at 16:35 on Friday 16 December 1994. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Dec 1994
Friday, 16:35
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
Casualties
4
3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35609, longitude -2.23195, in the DY11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199422AA14008
Council area
Wychavon
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 2023.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 3: Leyland Freighter

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Ford)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 199422AA14008 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 1994.