B4197 crash in Malvern Hills on 17 November 2004 at 22:24 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a Rover 25 were involved in a crash on the B4197 in Malvern Hills at 22:24 on Wednesday 17 November 2004. The 19-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 and the 55-year-old female driver of the Rover 25 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 2004
- Wednesday, 22:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and Rover 25
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24443, longitude -2.36188, in the WR6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200422CC44652
- Council area
- Malvern Hills
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4197
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 58 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 November 1980.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B4197 in the Malvern Hills, 4 November 1980
58 m awayRef 1980220111004
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4197 in Wyre Forest, 19 June 1996
260 m awayRef 199622AX04368
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4197 in the Malvern Hills, 3 August 1985
286 m awayRef 1985220108004
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4197 in the Malvern Hills, 20 April 2005
294 m awayRef 200522CC47248
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4197 in the Malvern Hills, 3 December 1993
414 m awayRef 1993220112003
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4197 in the Malvern Hills, 27 June 1998
553 m awayRef 199822AR02661
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 25
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 25)
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 200422CC44652 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 2004.