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A449 crash in Malvern Hills on 13 March 1997 at 23:20 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA and a Rover 100 Series were involved in a crash on the A449 in Malvern Hills at 23:20 on Thursday 13 March 1997. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Mar 1997
Thursday, 23:20
Vehicles
2
Ford KA and Rover 100 Series
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.10503, longitude -2.32963, in the WR14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722CD01361
Council area
Malvern Hills
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4218

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 1 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,527 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 100 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 100 Series)

    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 199722CD01361 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.