B4639 crash in Worcester on 7 February 2016 at 04:52 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a BMW X5 were involved in a crash on the B4639 in Worcester at 04:52 on Sunday 7 February 2016. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Feb 2016
- Sunday, 04:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and BMW X5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21242, longitude -2.17775, 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
- 2016220052666
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 57 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 1990.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 22 January 1990
57 m awayRef 1990220301058
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the B4639 in Worcester, 31 October 2025
65 m awayRef 2025221661921
Slight
Renault 5 crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 28 August 1998
67 m awayRef 199822CX04230
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 19 September 1999
67 m awayRef 199922CG11741
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 6 July 1994
67 m awayRef 199422CR09906
Slight
BMW X1 crash on the B4639 in Worcester, 26 February 2015
68 m awayRef 201522C500828
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 2016220052666 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 2016.