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A38 crash in Wychavon on 9 July 2008 at 14:00 involving a Porsche Boxster

A Porsche Boxster crashed on the A38 in Wychavon at 14:00 on Wednesday 9 July 2008. The 52-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jul 2008
Wednesday, 14:00
Vehicles
1
Porsche Boxster
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.26239, longitude -2.17755, in the WR9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Droitwich West, Wychavon, WR9 0BD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200822CA88401
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
38
Road type
Slip road
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Porsche Boxster

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol and LPG
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Porsche Boxster)

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 200822CA88401 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 2008.