Unclassified road crash in Worcester WR3 on 3 September 2024 at 02:34 involving a Suzuki SX4
A Suzuki SX4 and a Ford Kuga were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Worcester at 02:34 on Tuesday 3 September 2024. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Sep 2024
- Tuesday, 02:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki SX4 and Ford Kuga
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21214, longitude -2.20107, in the WR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Warndon & Elbury Park, Worcester, WR4 9XU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024221486583
- Council area
- Worcester
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 1991.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4536 in Worcester, 8 May 1991
8 m awayRef 1991220405003
Slight
Car crash on the A4536 in Worcester, 20 January 1987
8 m awayRef 1987220301028
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A4536 in Worcester, 10 December 1993
18 m awayRef 1993220412046
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4536 in Worcester, 4 August 1998
32 m awayRef 199822CF03870
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4536 in Worcester, 12 May 1985
38 m awayRef 1985220305028
Slight
Car crash on the A4536 in Worcester, 7 January 1996
38 m awayRef 199622CG00329
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SX4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki SX4)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Kuga)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki SX4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki SX4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2024221486583 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 2024.