Serious A4538 crash in Wychavon on 13 December 2002 at 14:20 involving a Toyota Hilux
A Toyota Hilux and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A4538 in Wychavon at 14:20 on Friday 13 December 2002. The 67-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Dec 2002
- Friday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Hilux and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.15916, longitude -2.12072, in the WR7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200222CD32473
- 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
- 4538
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 March 2011.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A44 in Wychavon, 12 March 2011
22 m awayRef 201122C101139
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the A4538 in Wychavon, 27 October 1994
32 m awayRef 199422CN15446
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A44 in Wychavon, 28 January 2021
39 m awayRef 2021221018887
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the B4084 in Wychavon, 23 September 1979
45 m awayRef 1979220309041
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4538 in Wychavon, 1 October 1993
50 m awayRef 1993220310041
Serious
Car crash on the B4084 in Wychavon, 23 October 1981
50 m awayRef 1981220310042
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 200222CD32473 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 2002.