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A449 crash in Malvern Hills on 21 April 2001 at 23:10 involving a Volvo 240

A Volvo 240 and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A449 in Malvern Hills at 23:10 on Saturday 21 April 2001. The 56-year-old male driver of the Volvo 240 and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 240 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Apr 2001
Saturday, 23:10
Vehicles
2
Volvo 240 and Peugeot 306
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.11165, longitude -2.33014, in the WR14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Malvern. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Malvern, Malvern Hills, WR14 2HU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200122CC22269
Council area
Malvern Hills
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4211

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 240)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 240)

    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 200122CC22269 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 2001.