B4550 crash in Worcester on 4 October 2018 at 07:09 involving a Citroen C2
A Citroen C2 and a Volkswagen Scirocco were involved in a crash on the B4550 in Worcester at 07:09 on Thursday 4 October 2018. The 20-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Scirocco was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Oct 2018
- Thursday, 07:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C2 and Volkswagen Scirocco
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20652, longitude -2.20404, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018220333606
- Council area
- Worcester
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Daylight
- 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 30 May 2021.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 30 May 2021
4 m awayRef 2021221060336
Slight
Renault 11 crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 30 March 1990
5 m awayRef 1990220303049
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 17 July 2017
5 m awayRef 2017220202771
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 4 July 2023
7 m awayRef 2023221326338
Slight
Car crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 27 April 1984
7 m awayRef 1984220304056
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 1 November 2011
7 m awayRef 201122C104809
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Scirocco
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Scirocco)
- 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 2018220333606 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.