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A4440 crash in Malvern Hills on 25 August 2008 at 13:00 involving a BMW Z4

A BMW Z4 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4440 in Malvern Hills at 13:00 on Monday 25 August 2008. The 55-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 49-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Aug 2008
Monday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
BMW Z4 and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.17064, longitude -2.24927, in the WR2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Wick & Pitmaston, Worcester, WR2 4BU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200822CA88654
Council area
Malvern Hills
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
33%
Estimated chance it was slight
67%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW Z4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 200822CA88654 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 2008.