A44 crash in Wychavon on 25 November 2001 at 14:22 involving a Renault Espace
A Renault Espace and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A44 in Wychavon at 14:22 on Sunday 25 November 2001. An 18-year-old male passenger in the Renault Espace, a 20-year-old male passenger in the Renault Espace and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Nov 2001
- Sunday, 14:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Espace and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.11406, longitude -2.08102, in the WR10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pershore. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pershore, Wychavon, WR10 1DH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200122CD25979
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4082
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 2002.
Slight
Car crash on the A44 in Wychavon, 24 October 2002
At the same spotRef 200222CD31556
Slight
Audi Q5 crash on the A4104 in Wychavon, 25 November 2020
9 m awayRef 2020221001737
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A44 in Wychavon, 15 April 2000
10 m awayRef 200022CD16451
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A44 in Wychavon, 10 January 1986
10 m awayRef 1986220301031
Slight
Car crash on the A44 in Wychavon, 16 January 1989
10 m awayRef 1989220301038
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A44 in Wychavon, 22 June 1994
20 m awayRef 199422BL04956
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Espace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,849 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Espace)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Espace)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 200122CD25979 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.