B4639 crash in Worcester on 24 September 2015 at 08:45 involving a Volkswagen CC
Four vehicles, including a Volkswagen CC and a Volkswagen Golf, were involved in a crash on the B4639 in Worcester at 08:45 on Thursday 24 September 2015. The 44-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf, the 39-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van and a 9-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen CC were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Sep 2015
- Thursday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Volkswagen CC and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21208, longitude -2.17338, in the WR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Warndon & Elbury Park, Worcester, WR4 9YU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201522C503595
- Council area
- Worcester
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4639
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 81 metres away, was a fatal crash on 4 December 1998.
Fatal
Leyland DAF FTG 85 crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 4 December 1998
81 m awayRef 199822CP06339
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 30 April 1991
108 m awayRef 1991220404038
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 27 January 1990
136 m awayRef 1990220301060
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4639 in Worcester, 26 November 2009
146 m awayRef 200922C906669
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B4639 in Worcester, 27 February 2004
184 m awayRef 200422CA39730
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 4 February 2002
201 m awayRef 200222CG27220
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen CC
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen CC)
- 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 201522C503595 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 2015.