Unclassified road crash in Worcester WR5 on 13 July 2012 at 09:24 involving a Citroen Xsara
Five vehicles, including a Citroen Xsara and a Vauxhall Astra, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Worcester at 09:24 on Friday 13 July 2012. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jul 2012
- Friday, 09:24
- Vehicles
- 5
- Citroen Xsara and 4 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18609, longitude -2.21382, in the WR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Battenhall, Worcester, WR5 2BL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222C202858
- Council area
- Worcester
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 44
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 2018.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A44 in Worcester, 8 July 2018
9 m awayRef 2018220311231
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A44 in Worcester, 2 March 2007
10 m awayRef 200722CA85581
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A44 in Worcester, 19 May 1990
10 m awayRef 1990220305054
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 14 May 1997
10 m awayRef 199722CG03227
Slight
Dennis crash on the A44 in Worcester, 28 March 2015
10 m awayRef 201522C501476
Slight
Car crash on the A44 in Worcester, 6 May 1985
10 m awayRef 1985220305022
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,319 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Vehicle 5: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Combo)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Combo)
- 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 201222C202858 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.