A44 crash in Worcester on 3 December 2012 at 20:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a van were involved in a crash on the A44 in Worcester at 20:00 on Monday 3 December 2012. The 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2012
- Monday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18655, longitude -2.25448, in the WR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dines Green & Grove Farm, Worcester, WR2 5UD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222C204965
- 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
- 44
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 2010.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A44 in Worcester, 1 September 2010
10 m awayRef 201022C004561
Slight
Car crash on the A44 in Worcester, 13 August 1993
10 m awayRef 1993220408014
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A44 in Worcester, 25 May 1993
10 m awayRef 1993220405041
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A44 in Worcester, 8 January 1981
10 m awayRef 1981220301005
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A44 in Worcester, 12 March 2007
10 m awayRef 200722CA85633
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A44 in Worcester, 26 May 2002
10 m awayRef 200222CA28980
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,459 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 201222C204965 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.