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A465 crash in Herefordshire on 21 December 1997 at 11:48 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A465 in Herefordshire at 11:48 on Sunday 21 December 1997. The 43-year-old male driver of the van, a 42-year-old female passenger in the car and a 37-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1997
Sunday, 11:48
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94341, longitude -2.8817, in the HR2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722EL05646
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, 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 199722EL05646 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.