B4550 crash in Worcester on 22 March 2018 at 21:00 involving a Renault
A Renault and a Toyota Aygo were involved in a crash on the B4550 in Worcester at 21:00 on Thursday 22 March 2018. The 23-year-old female driver of the Toyota Aygo and a 27-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Aygo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Mar 2018
- Thursday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault and Toyota Aygo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20166, longitude -2.20998, in the WR3 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018220280627
- 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
- 4550
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 December 2018.
Serious
Ford Transit Custom crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 7 December 2018
2 m awayRef 2018220350230
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B4482 in Worcester, 30 October 2002
6 m awayRef 200222CG31811
Slight
Car crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 28 March 1984
6 m awayRef 1984220303068
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 30 January 2021
7 m awayRef 2021221019069
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 17 March 1994
7 m awayRef 1994220403042
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 21 November 1998
7 m awayRef 199822CH05988
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018220280627 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 2018.