B4550 crash in Worcester on 14 May 2012 at 21:30 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo and a Rover Mini were involved in a crash on the B4550 in Worcester at 21:30 on Monday 14 May 2012. The 21-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo and a 22-year-old male passenger in the Citroen Saxo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 May 2012
- Monday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Saxo and Rover Mini
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20723, longitude -2.20382, in the WR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Warndon & Elbury Park, Worcester, WR4 9XU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222C201988
- Council area
- Worcester
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4550
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2003.
Slight
Rover Range Rover crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 16 May 2003
10 m awayRef 200322CA34822
Slight
Car crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 5 May 1989
30 m awayRef 1989220305053
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 8 September 2012
30 m awayRef 201222C203732
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4536 in Worcester, 8 April 1980
36 m awayRef 1980220304009
Slight
Car crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 23 February 2000
51 m awayRef 200022CG15654
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 5 April 1994
71 m awayRef 199422CK04288
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Rover Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
- 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 201222C201988 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 2012.