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Serious A465 crash in Herefordshire on 18 May 1997 at 15:25 involving a Kawasaki ZX1100 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX1100 motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A465 in Herefordshire at 15:25 on Sunday 18 May 1997. The 49-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX1100 motorcycle was seriously injured and the 77-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and an 81-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 May 1997
Sunday, 15:25
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX1100 and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94323, longitude -2.88214, in the HR2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722EE02259
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
465
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4347

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX1100

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,052 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,608 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX1100)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 199722EE02259 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.