Serious B4208 crash in Malvern Hills on 5 December 2014 at 12:15 involving a Vauxhall Meriva
A Vauxhall Meriva and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B4208 in Malvern Hills at 12:15 on Friday 5 December 2014. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Dec 2014
- Friday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Meriva and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 4
- 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.01356, longitude -2.32869, in the WR13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201422C404638
- Council area
- Malvern Hills
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4208
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2001.
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the B4208 in the Malvern Hills, 15 August 2001
At the same spotRef 200122CC24378
Slight
Car crash on the B4208 in the Malvern Hills, 19 May 1985
22 m awayRef 1985220305066
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4208 in the Malvern Hills, 21 June 2002
54 m awayRef 200222CC29610
Serious
Triumph Rocket crash on the B4208 in the Malvern Hills, 5 April 2025
130 m awayRef 2025221574323
Slight
Car crash on the B4208 in the Malvern Hills, 27 January 2005
170 m awayRef 200522CC46026
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the Malvern Hills, 24 December 1988
170 m awayRef 1988220312043
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Meriva)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Meriva)
- 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 201422C404638 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 2014.