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Serious B4209 crash in Malvern Hills on 13 October 1999 at 11:00 involving a ridden horse

A ridden horse and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B4209 in Malvern Hills at 11:00 on Wednesday 13 October 1999. The 46-year-old male rider of the ridden horse was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Oct 1999
Wednesday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Ridden horse and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08323, longitude -2.26075, in the WR8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199922CC14328
Council area
Malvern Hills
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4209
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, 132 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ridden horse

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, horse rider, on vehicle 1 (Ridden horse)

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 199922CC14328 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 1999.