A44 crash in Wychavon on 7 May 2001 at 10:44 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Corsa and a Vauxhall Cavalier, were involved in a crash on the A44 in Wychavon at 10:44 on Monday 7 May 2001. The 55-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 35-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2001
- Monday, 10:44
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Corsa and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1031, longitude -2.0626, in the WR10 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200122CD22545
- 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
- 60 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 1995.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A44 in Wychavon, 8 August 1995
10 m awayRef 199522BX05610
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A44 in Wychavon, 7 January 1998
10 m awayRef 199822CD00096
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the B4084 in Wychavon, 17 June 2008
10 m awayRef 200822CA88260
Slight
Hyundai Getz crash on the B4084 in Wychavon, 19 December 2006
14 m awayRef 200622CA85202
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A44 in Wychavon, 5 March 1998
14 m awayRef 199822CT01052
Slight
Mazda MX-3 crash on the A44 in Wychavon, 21 January 1999
14 m awayRef 199922CP00221
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Saab 9000
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,961 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- 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 200122CD22545 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 2001.