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Serious A44 crash in Wychavon on 17 September 2004 at 15:50 involving a Rover Maestro

A Rover Maestro, a Ford Fiesta and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A44 in Wychavon at 15:50 on Friday 17 September 2004. A 79-year-old female passenger in the Rover Maestro was seriously injured and the 80-year-old male driver of the Rover Maestro and the 25-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Sep 2004
Friday, 15:50
Vehicles
3
Rover Maestro and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.14372, longitude -2.09539, in the WR10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200422CD43413
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
44
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 3: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    3,947 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

    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 200422CD43413 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 2004.