Serious B4208 crash in Malvern Hills on 28 August 2018 at 11:20 involving a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B4208 in Malvern Hills at 11:20 on Tuesday 28 August 2018. An 82-year-old female pedestrian was seriously 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
- 28 Aug 2018
- Tuesday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Yamaha Ybr 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.11067, longitude -2.30855, in the WR14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Malvern. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barnards Green, Malvern Hills, WR14 2QP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018220323075
- Council area
- Malvern Hills
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4208
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2005.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4208 in the Malvern Hills, 9 May 2005
6 m awayRef 200522CC47475
Slight
Mini One crash on the B4208 in the Malvern Hills, 2 July 2018
8 m awayRef 2018220311790
Slight
Car crash on the B4532 in the Malvern Hills, 8 October 1983
11 m awayRef 1983220310008
Slight
Yamaha YN 100 crash on the B4208 in the Malvern Hills, 8 July 2005
19 m awayRef 200522CC48453
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4532 in the Malvern Hills, 8 February 1979
26 m awayRef 1979220502022
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4532 in the Malvern Hills, 13 December 1979
37 m awayRef 1979220512052
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha Ybr 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Yamaha Ybr 125)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2018220323075 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.