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Serious A4103 crash in Herefordshire on 9 December 2001 at 00:03 involving a Leyland DAF FTG 95XF lorry

A taxi and a Leyland DAF FTG 95XF lorry were involved in a crash on the A4103 in Herefordshire at 00:03 on Sunday 9 December 2001. The 44-year-old male driver of the taxi was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Dec 2001
Sunday, 00:03
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Leyland DAF FTG 95XF
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0742, longitude -2.70849, in the HR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hereford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holmer, Herefordshire, HR1 1LF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200122EA19185
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4103
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland DAF FTG 95XF

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    12,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

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 200122EA19185 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 2001.