A443 crash in Malvern Hills on 18 March 2022 at 07:55 involving a Kia Sorento
A Kia Sorento, a Suzuki Jimny and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A443 in Malvern Hills at 07:55 on Friday 18 March 2022. The 40-year-old female driver of the Kia Sorento was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Mar 2022
- Friday, 07:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Kia Sorento and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30115, longitude -2.37323, in the WR6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022221156545
- 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
- 443
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4202
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 2016.
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B4202 in the Malvern Hills, 31 August 2016
7 m awayRef 2016220104495
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A443 in the Malvern Hills, 17 December 2013
20 m awayRef 201322C304652
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4202 in the Malvern Hills, 16 December 2002
22 m awayRef 200222AD22525
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A443 in the Malvern Hills, 22 April 1993
32 m awayRef 1993220104020
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in the Malvern Hills, 16 July 2007
45 m awayRef 200722CA86457
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A443 in the Malvern Hills, 2 July 1994
55 m awayRef 199422AB06948
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Kia Sorento
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Jimny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 22 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Sorento)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2022221156545 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 2022.