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A456 crash in Malvern Hills on 15 April 1998 at 09:47 involving a Leyland Roadrunner lorry

A Leyland Roadrunner lorry and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the A456 in Malvern Hills at 09:47 on Wednesday 15 April 1998. The 21-year-old male driver of the Leyland Roadrunner lorry and the 28-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Apr 1998
Wednesday, 09:47
Vehicles
2
Leyland Roadrunner and Peugeot 205
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.31521, longitude -2.58893, in the WR15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tenbury Wells.

Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822AT01443
Council area
Malvern Hills
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
456
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Roadrunner

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland Roadrunner)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

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 199822AT01443 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 1998.