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A449 crash in Herefordshire on 17 August 1990 at 22:20 involving an Austin Morris Mini

An Austin Morris Mini crashed on the A449 in Herefordshire at 22:20 on Friday 17 August 1990. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 1990
Friday, 22:20
Vehicles
1
Austin Morris Mini
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.95262, longitude -2.53048, in the HR9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990220508069
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 148 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Mini)

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 1990220508069 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 1990.