A4538 crash in Wychavon on 20 June 2017 at 18:15 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A4538 in Wychavon at 18:15 on Tuesday 20 June 2017. The 23-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Discovery and a 22-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Discovery were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jun 2017
- Tuesday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18356, longitude -2.13925, in the WR7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017220193768
- Council area
- Wychavon
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4538
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 422
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 1998.
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A4538 in Wychavon, 27 August 1998
6 m awayRef 199822CX04207
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4538 in Wychavon, 2 January 1999
11 m awayRef 199922CD00049
Slight
Vauxhall Movano crash on the A4538 in Wychavon, 2 August 2007
12 m awayRef 200722CA86462
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A422 in Wychavon, 21 January 2007
18 m awayRef 200722CA85365
Serious
Car crash on the A44 in Wychavon, 4 October 2021
21 m awayRef 2021221094650
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A4538 in Wychavon, 16 May 2008
39 m awayRef 200822CA88115
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,487 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
- 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 2017220193768 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 2017.