A449 crash in Wychavon on 2 June 2016 at 14:45 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Mitsubishi Shogun were involved in a crash on the A449 in Wychavon at 14:45 on Thursday 2 June 2016. The 17-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 47-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jun 2016
- Thursday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Mitsubishi Shogun
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35692, longitude -2.23275, in the DY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Summerfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Foley Park & Hoobrook, Wyre Forest, DY11 7RD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016220076126
- Council area
- Wychavon
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 449
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 442
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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2016.
Slight
Citroen DS5 crash on the A449 in Wychavon, 9 September 2016
3 m awayRef 2016220108009
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A449 in Wychavon, 27 February 2013
9 m awayRef 201322C300721
Serious
Triumph Tiger crash on the A449 in Wychavon, 17 October 2016
10 m awayRef 2016220125066
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A449 in Wychavon, 9 January 1995
14 m awayRef 199522AE00258
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A442 in Wychavon, 26 July 1995
14 m awayRef 199522AR07813
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A442 in Wychavon, 12 March 1989
14 m awayRef 1989220103041
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2016220076126 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 2016.