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Unclassified road crash in Herefordshire HR9 on 10 April 1979 at 16:15 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire at 16:15 on Tuesday 10 April 1979. The 38-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Apr 1979
Tuesday, 16:15
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91572, longitude -2.57831, in the HR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ross-on-Wye.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979220504037
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2017.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1979220504037 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.