A44 crash in Worcester on 3 December 2008 at 17:20 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo and a car were involved in a crash on the A44 in Worcester at 17:20 on Wednesday 3 December 2008. The 56-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2008
- Wednesday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Saxo and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.19254, longitude -2.22614, in the WR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cathedral, Worcester, WR1 3QT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200822CA00716
- Council area
- Worcester
- 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
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 44
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 January 2022.
Serious
Skoda Karoq crash on the A44 in Worcester, 31 January 2022
9 m awayRef 2022221151740
Slight
Yamaha Ybr 125 crash on the A449 in Worcester, 3 August 2014
10 m awayRef 201422C402822
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A44 in Worcester, 31 July 2004
10 m awayRef 200422CA42575
Slight
Bus crash on the A44 in Worcester, 28 July 1984
10 m awayRef 1984220307089
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A449 in Worcester, 29 November 2013
10 m awayRef 201322C304519
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A44 in Worcester, 2 October 2004
10 m awayRef 200422CA43680
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, 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 200822CA00716 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 2008.