A449 crash in Malvern Hills on 9 November 2012 at 13:40 involving a Rover 45
A car and a Rover 45 were involved in a crash on the A449 in Malvern Hills at 13:40 on Friday 9 November 2012. All four casualties 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
- 9 Nov 2012
- Friday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Rover 45
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.15206, longitude -2.27884, in the WR2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222C204664
- 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
- 449
- 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
- 31%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 69%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 1999.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 23 April 1999
10 m awayRef 199922CE01661
Slight
Van crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 12 August 1985
14 m awayRef 1985220308044
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 15 March 1983
14 m awayRef 1983220303023
Serious
Land Rover Defender crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 15 May 2006
14 m awayRef 200622CA53568
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 22 March 1986
14 m awayRef 1986220303074
Serious
Renault Trafic crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 15 October 2024
17 m awayRef 2024221505079
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 82 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 45
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 45)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 45)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201222C204664 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 2012.