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A4440 crash in Malvern Hills on 18 October 1997 at 09:10 involving a Leyland Freighter lorry

A Leyland Freighter lorry and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A4440 in Malvern Hills at 09:10 on Saturday 18 October 1997. The 45-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo, a 42-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo and a 38-year-old male passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Oct 1997
Saturday, 09:10
Vehicles
2
Leyland Freighter and Ford Mondeo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16292, longitude -2.21793, 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
199722CY06738
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
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
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 23 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Freighter

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)

    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 199722CY06738 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.