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Fatal M50 crash in Malvern Hills on 31 August 2020 at 00:20 involving a Jeep Cherokee

A Jeep Cherokee crashed on the M50 in Malvern Hills at 00:20 on Monday 31 August 2020. The 36-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
31 Aug 2020
Monday, 00:20
Vehicles
1
Jeep Cherokee
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.00146, longitude -2.25569, in the GL19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020220977189
Council area
Malvern Hills
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
50
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Jeep Cherokee

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jeep Cherokee)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2020220977189 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 2020.