Serious B4209 crash in Malvern Hills on 23 September 2017 at 10:30 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4209 in Malvern Hills at 10:30 on Saturday 23 September 2017. The 49-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Sep 2017
- Saturday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07994, longitude -2.30765, in the WR13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017220231700
- Council area
- Malvern Hills
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4209
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4208
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 13 May 1991.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B4209 in the Malvern Hills, 13 May 1991
4 m awayRef 1991220405022
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4208 in the Malvern Hills, 5 October 2015
4 m awayRef 201522C503905
Fatal
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4209 in the Malvern Hills, 24 July 1997
4 m awayRef 199722CL04634
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4209 in the Malvern Hills, 15 July 1990
4 m awayRef 1990220307061
Slight
Austin Allegro crash on the B4209 in the Malvern Hills, 4 January 1991
4 m awayRef 1991220401010
Serious
Fiat Uno crash on the B4209 in the Malvern Hills, 2 August 1990
4 m awayRef 1990220308011
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 49, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2017220231700 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 2017.