Serious A44 crash in Worcester on 18 May 2020 at 07:37 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Wrightbus Streetdeck were involved in a crash on the A44 in Worcester at 07:37 on Monday 18 May 2020. The 52-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 18 May 2020
- Monday, 07:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Wrightbus Streetdeck
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18834, longitude -2.23687, in the WR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the St John's, Worcester, WR2 5AF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020220951910
- Council area
- Worcester
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 44
- 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2001.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A44 in Worcester, 6 September 2001
3 m awayRef 200122CA24664
Serious
Peugeot 306 crash on the A44 in Worcester, 2 August 2006
3 m awayRef 200622CA54929
Slight
Car crash on the A44 in Worcester, 15 September 1985
3 m awayRef 1985220309036
Serious
MG Metro crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 7 February 2000
3 m awayRef 200022CA15422
Slight
Skoda Felicia crash on the A44 in Worcester, 15 December 2003
3 m awayRef 200322CA38203
Slight
Scooter crash on the A44 in Worcester, 24 November 1987
7 m awayRef 1987220311063
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Wrightbus Streetdeck
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,132 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2020220951910 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 2020.