Serious B4637 crash in Worcester on 18 September 2017 at 12:36 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 crashed on the B4637 in Worcester at 12:36 on Monday 18 September 2017. The 39-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 25-year-old female passenger and a 21-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Sep 2017
- Monday, 12:36
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A3
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.19604, longitude -2.2116, in the WR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rainbow Hill, Worcester, WR4 9SE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017220234467
- 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
- 4637
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 January 2010.
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on the B4205 in Worcester, 29 January 2010
19 m awayRef 201022C000521
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the B4637 in Worcester, 20 July 2013
27 m awayRef 201322C302623
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the B4637 in Worcester, 17 November 2023
34 m awayRef 2023221376957
Slight
Renault 12 crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 28 January 1994
37 m awayRef 1994220401043
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 13 November 1985
38 m awayRef 1985220311047
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 9 February 1992
48 m awayRef 1992220402007
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2017220234467 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 2017.