A4440 crash in Wychavon on 5 January 2007 at 12:45 involving a Toyota Corolla
Two cars, a van and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A4440 in Wychavon at 12:45 on Friday 5 January 2007. The 61-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 38-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jan 2007
- Friday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Toyota Corolla and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.17139, longitude -2.18786, in the WR5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Drakes Broughton, Norton & Whittington, Wychavon, WR5 2QZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200722CA85308
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4440 in Wychavon, 17 October 2001
At the same spotRef 200122CD25331
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4440 in Wychavon, 2 September 2005
At the same spotRef 200522CD49433
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4440 in Wychavon, 3 April 2002
At the same spotRef 200222CA28018
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4440 in Wychavon, 5 August 2012
At the same spotRef 201222C203397
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4440 in Wychavon, 25 July 2003
At the same spotRef 200322CD35783
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A4440 in Wychavon, 16 February 2007
10 m awayRef 200722CA85521
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 3: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Vehicle 4: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200722CA85308 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 2007.