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A44 crash in Herefordshire on 24 March 2000 at 06:30 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van crashed on the A44 in Herefordshire at 06:30 on Friday 24 March 2000. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Mar 2000
Friday, 06:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20771, longitude -2.57714, in the HR7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200022EJ12949
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
44
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 200022EJ12949 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 2000.