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B4485 crash in Worcester on 27 October 2015 at 15:10 involving a Volkswagen Transporter lorry

A Volkswagen Transporter lorry and a Renault Kangoo van were involved in a crash on the B4485 in Worcester at 15:10 on Tuesday 27 October 2015. The 44-year-old female driver of the Renault Kangoo van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Oct 2015
Tuesday, 15:10
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Transporter and Renault Kangoo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18806, longitude -2.23473, in the WR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the St John's, Worcester, WR2 5AF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Worcester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201522C504116
Council area
Worcester
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4485
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Transporter

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Kangoo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Kangoo)

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 201522C504116 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.