Serious A46 crash in Wychavon on 19 December 2002 at 16:53 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort, a Volvo lorry and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the A46 in Wychavon at 16:53 on Thursday 19 December 2002. A 70-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort was seriously injured and the 70-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Dec 2002
- Thursday, 16:53
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Escort and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.10921, longitude -1.93411, in the WR11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harvington & Norton, Wychavon, WR11 4TP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200222CE32595
- 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
- 46
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 2016.
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A46 in Wychavon, 29 March 2016
7 m awayRef 2016220075846
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A46 in Wychavon, 12 October 2011
10 m awayRef 201122C104396
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A46 in Wychavon, 22 November 2007
28 m awayRef 200722CA87152
Serious
Citroen BX crash on the A435 in Wychavon, 6 December 1990
32 m awayRef 1990220312011
Slight
Seat Arosa crash on the A46 in Wychavon, 8 November 2015
33 m awayRef 2015220036422
Serious
Peugeot 306 crash on the A46 in Wychavon, 22 October 2007
50 m awayRef 200722CA86947
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,603 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 70, 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 200222CE32595 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.