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Serious A44 crash in Malvern Hills on 15 August 1997 at 14:45 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada and a Seddon/Atkinson lorry were involved in a crash on the A44 in Malvern Hills at 14:45 on Friday 15 August 1997. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Aug 1997
Friday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Granada and Seddon/Atkinson
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.19995, longitude -2.39442, in the WR6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722CB05269
Council area
Malvern Hills
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
44
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
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 15 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seddon/Atkinson

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

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

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Seddon/Atkinson)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

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

    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 199722CB05269 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.