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Fatal A44 crash in Wychavon on 3 July 2000 at 23:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A44 in Wychavon at 23:00 on Monday 3 July 2000. The 18-year-old male driver and a 14-year-old female passenger were killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Jul 2000
Monday, 23:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09377, longitude -1.99763, in the WR11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200022CD17679
Council area
Wychavon
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
44
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    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 200022CD17679 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wychavon road accident statistics for 2000.