A449 crash in Worcester on 13 October 2014 at 01:40 involving a Kia Venga
Five vehicles, including a Kia Venga and two BMW 5 Series cars, were involved in a crash on the A449 in Worcester at 01:40 on Monday 13 October 2014. The 36-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 2014
- Monday, 01:40
- Vehicles
- 5
- Kia Venga and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.17499, longitude -2.23424, in the WR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Wick & Pitmaston, Worcester, WR2 4BU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201422C403812
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 1985.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A449 in Worcester, 4 October 1985
20 m awayRef 1985220310004
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A449 in Worcester, 5 August 1996
22 m awayRef 199622CD09043
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A449 in Worcester, 12 February 1979
30 m awayRef 1979220302014
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A449 in Worcester, 17 November 1996
36 m awayRef 199622CE12862
Slight
Car crash on the A449 in Worcester, 17 July 1981
40 m awayRef 1981220307033
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A449 in Worcester, 18 August 2000
51 m awayRef 200022CA18489
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Kia Venga
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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 4: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
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 201422C403812 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 2014.