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Unclassified road crash in Malvern Hills HR8 on 25 January 1997 at 15:30 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery and a Rover 100 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Malvern Hills at 15:30 on Saturday 25 January 1997. The 55-year-old female driver of the Rover 100 Series and a 34-year-old female passenger in the Rover 100 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jan 1997
Saturday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Discovery and Rover 100 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03666, longitude -2.42782, in the HR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ledbury.

Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722EF00466
Council area
Malvern Hills
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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 20 May 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 100 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, 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 199722EF00466 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.