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Serious A4149 crash in Herefordshire on 18 December 1979 at 19:15 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A4149 in Herefordshire at 19:15 on Tuesday 18 December 1979. The 37-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were seriously injured and a 22-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Dec 1979
Tuesday, 19:15
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.9222, longitude -2.5765, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979220512057
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4149
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1979220512057 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.