A4440 crash in Worcester on 15 February 2003 at 15:03 involving a Ford Orion
A Ford Orion and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A4440 in Worcester at 15:03 on Saturday 15 February 2003. The 53-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 and a 49-year-old male passenger in the Audi A4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Feb 2003
- Saturday, 15:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Orion and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16288, longitude -2.21765, in the WR5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peter's Parish, Worcester, WR5 3SS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200322CA33612
- Council area
- Worcester
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4440
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2004.
Slight
DAF Trucks FA 45LF crash on the A4440 in Worcester, 3 August 2004
At the same spotRef 200422CC42546
Slight
Van crash on the A422 in the Malvern Hills, 21 April 1986
10 m awayRef 1986220304035
Slight
MG Metro crash on the A4440 in the Malvern Hills, 27 October 1995
10 m awayRef 199522CX14028
Serious
Honda crash on the A4440 in the Malvern Hills, 27 August 1994
10 m awayRef 199422CG12335
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A4440 in Worcester, 20 March 1998
14 m awayRef 199822CK01390
Slight
Audi 100 crash on the A4440 in Worcester, 18 June 1998
14 m awayRef 199822CY02989
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- 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 200322CA33612 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worcester road accident statistics for 2003.