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A38 crash in Malvern Hills on 15 July 1998 at 14:10 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A38 in Malvern Hills at 14:10 on Wednesday 15 July 1998. The 11-year-old female cyclist was 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
15 Jul 1998
Wednesday, 14:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16274, longitude -2.21559, 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
199822CX03425
Council area
Malvern Hills
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199822CX03425 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.