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Serious B4348 crash in Herefordshire on 16 May 1995 at 11:30 involving an Austin Maestro van

A car and an Austin Maestro van were involved in a crash on the B4348 in Herefordshire at 11:30 on Tuesday 16 May 1995. A 26-year-old male passenger in the Austin Maestro van was seriously injured and the 27-year-old male driver of the Austin Maestro van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 May 1995
Tuesday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Austin Maestro
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0704, longitude -3.00121, in the HR3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199522EB05131
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4348
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

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 199522EB05131 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 1995.