Fatal unclassified road crash in Malvern Hills WR2 on 2 October 2013 at 12:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Malvern Hills at 12:15 on Wednesday 2 October 2013. A 93-year-old male pedestrian was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 2 Oct 2013
- Wednesday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.15893, longitude -2.26193, in the WR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Collett's Green. It is one of the crashes that make up the Powick & the Hanleys, Malvern Hills, WR2 4RU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201322C303526
- Council area
- Malvern Hills
- 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
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 74 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 November 2023.
Serious
Honda NSS crash on an unclassified road in the Malvern Hills, 24 November 2023
74 m awayRef 2023221378665
Serious
Car crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 14 August 1979
132 m awayRef 1979220508028
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 16 July 1979
132 m awayRef 1979220507038
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 24 August 1981
140 m awayRef 1981220508059
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 29 September 1988
140 m awayRef 1988220309083
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in the Malvern Hills, 28 January 1988
141 m awayRef 1988220301056
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 93 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalMale, aged 93, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
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 201322C303526 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 2013.