A449 crash in Worcester on 1 December 2012 at 13:15 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Vectra and a Nissan Pixo, were involved in a crash on the A449 in Worcester at 13:15 on Saturday 1 December 2012. The 84-year-old male driver of the Nissan Pixo and an 82-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Pixo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2012
- Saturday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Vectra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21016, longitude -2.22696, in the WR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Stephen, Worcester, WR3 8AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222C204901
- Council area
- Worcester
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2004.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A449 in Worcester, 19 May 2004
At the same spotRef 200422CA41175
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in Worcester, 11 July 1980
10 m awayRef 1980220307018
Serious
Honda Accord crash on the A449 in Worcester, 20 February 2001
10 m awayRef 200122CF21442
Slight
ERF crash on the A449 in Worcester, 13 March 2003
10 m awayRef 200322CG34145
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A449 in Worcester, 6 January 1994
10 m awayRef 1994220401014
Slight
Taxi crash on the A449 in Worcester, 30 March 1983
10 m awayRef 1983220303041
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Pixo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Volvo V50
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,521 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Pixo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Pixo)
- 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 201222C204901 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.