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Unclassified road crash in Herefordshire HR4 on 27 October 1999 at 09:45 involving a Vauxhall Astramax van

A Vauxhall Astramax van and a Volkswagen Caddy van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire at 09:45 on Wednesday 27 October 1999. The 40-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astramax van, the 40-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Caddy van and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astramax van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Oct 1999
Wednesday, 09:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astramax and Volkswagen Caddy
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07142, longitude -2.72201, in the HR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hereford.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199922EA11385
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astramax

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,699 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Caddy

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astramax)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Caddy)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astramax)

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 199922EA11385 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 1999.