Serious A4440 crash in Malvern Hills on 27 May 2016 at 12:40 involving a Mitsubishi Asx
A Mitsubishi Asx and a Kia Magentis were involved in a crash on the A4440 in Malvern Hills at 12:40 on Friday 27 May 2016. The 55-year-old female driver of the Kia Magentis was seriously injured and the 57-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Asx was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 May 2016
- Friday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Asx and Kia Magentis
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16255, longitude -2.21943, in the WR5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016220098794
- Council area
- Malvern Hills
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4440
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2009.
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the A4440 in Worcester, 1 May 2009
4 m awayRef 200922C902336
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A4440 in the Malvern Hills, 30 November 1996
9 m awayRef 199622CP13308
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on the A4440 in Worcester, 22 February 1998
14 m awayRef 199822CP00865
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A4440 in the Malvern Hills, 2 May 2001
28 m awayRef 200122CC22498
Slight
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the A4440 in the Malvern Hills, 22 June 2004
33 m awayRef 200422CC41788
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A4440 in Worcester, 8 June 1997
40 m awayRef 199722CT03467
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Asx
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,268 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Magentis
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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Asx)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Magentis)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016220098794 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Malvern Hills road accident statistics for 2016.