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M5 crash in Malvern Hills on 28 March 1997 at 11:15 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra crashed on the M5 in Malvern Hills at 11:15 on Friday 28 March 1997. The 18-year-old male driver, a 21-year-old male passenger and a 22-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Mar 1997
Friday, 11:15
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.14273, longitude -2.19474, in the WR5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722AB01474
Council area
Malvern Hills
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199722AB01474 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 1997.