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Fatal A49 crash in Herefordshire on 5 October 1997 at 07:25 involving a Rover Sterling

A Rover Sterling crashed on the A49 in Herefordshire at 07:25 on Sunday 5 October 1997. A 76-year-old male passenger, a 72-year-old female passenger and a 61-year-old female passenger were killed and two other people were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Oct 1997
Sunday, 07:25
Vehicles
1
Rover Sterling
Casualties
5
3 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21842, longitude -2.72612, in the HR6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722EA04414
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
49
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 61 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Sterling

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    2,675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Sterling)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Sterling)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Sterling)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Sterling)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Sterling)

    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 199722EA04414 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 1997.