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B4349 crash in Herefordshire on 2 February 1979 at 13:55 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B4349 in Herefordshire at 13:55 on Friday 2 February 1979. The 19-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Feb 1979
Friday, 13:55
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03404, longitude -2.78057, in the HR2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979220502001
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4349
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1979220502001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Herefordshire road accident statistics for 1979.