A4440 crash in Malvern Hills on 16 November 1997 at 15:55 involving an Austin Morris Mini
An Austin Morris Mini and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the A4440 in Malvern Hills at 15:55 on Sunday 16 November 1997. A 44-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Carina was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 1997
- Sunday, 15:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Austin Morris Mini and Toyota Carina
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16808, longitude -2.24295, in the WR2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199722CU07240
- Council area
- Malvern Hills
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4440
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 449
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2017.
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Peugeot 407 crash on the A4440 in the Malvern Hills, 13 April 2019
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Volvo 440 crash on the A4440 in the Malvern Hills, 14 December 2008
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Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the A4440 in the Malvern Hills, 12 September 2025
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)
- 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 199722CU07240 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.