Fatal B4510 crash in Wychavon on 18 November 2015 at 14:15 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
Four vehicles, including a car and a DAF Trucks lorry, were involved in a crash on the B4510 in Wychavon at 14:15 on Wednesday 18 November 2015. A 20-year-old male passenger in the car and a 19-year-old male passenger in the car were killed and the 19-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 18 Nov 2015
- Wednesday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- DAF Trucks and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 killed, 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09821, longitude -1.92215, in the WR11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015220034155
- Council area
- Wychavon
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4510
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 May 2019.
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4510 in Wychavon, 26 May 2019
12 m awayRef 2019220843058
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on the B4510 in Wychavon, 17 July 2024
14 m awayRef 2024221469557
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B4510 in Wychavon, 30 June 2017
23 m awayRef 2017220198237
Serious
Mitsubishi L200 crash on the A46 in Wychavon, 25 November 1997
33 m awayRef 199722CD07847
Slight
Car crash on the B4510 in Wychavon, 8 September 2001
39 m awayRef 200122CE24685
Slight
Car crash on the B4510 in Wychavon, 4 July 1989
78 m awayRef 1989220307003
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Zafira
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 4: Suzuki Swift
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
Casualty 2: Passenger
FatalMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
FatalMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2015220034155 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wychavon road accident statistics for 2015.