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A449 crash in Malvern Hills on 26 April 2018 at 22:30 involving a Kia Ceed

A car and a Kia Ceed were involved in a crash on the A449 in Malvern Hills at 22:30 on Thursday 26 April 2018. The 55-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Apr 2018
Thursday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Kia Ceed
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16764, longitude -2.24184, in the WR2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Wick & Pitmaston, Worcester, WR2 4BU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018220287969
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
449
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 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
4440

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Ceed

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,582 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2018220287969 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 2018.