A449 crash in Malvern Hills on 26 December 2003 at 09:30 involving an Austin Metro
An Austin Metro crashed on the A449 in Malvern Hills at 09:30 on Friday 26 December 2003. The 23-year-old male driver and a 22-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2003
- Friday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Austin Metro
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07864, longitude -2.33237, in the WR14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Malvern Wells.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200322CC38406
- Council area
- Malvern Hills
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 449
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 1990.
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 5 June 1990
10 m awayRef 1990220306015
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 25 June 1979
20 m awayRef 1979220506059
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 14 July 1983
32 m awayRef 1983220307016
Slight
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 1 February 2018
33 m awayRef 2018220265501
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 5 June 2025
34 m awayRef 2025221600539
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 1 February 2003
40 m awayRef 200322CC33288
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)
- 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 200322CC38406 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Malvern Hills road accident statistics for 2003.