B4222 crash in Herefordshire on 13 October 2001 at 18:10 involving a Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry
A Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B4222 in Herefordshire at 18:10 on Saturday 13 October 2001. The 36-year-old male driver of the Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 2001
- Saturday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Leyland DAF FA 45 and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89994, longitude -2.47828, in the HR9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200122EC18567
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4222
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 May 1990.
Serious
Honda CG125B crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire, 14 May 1990
36 m awayRef 1990220505017
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire, 5 June 1992
72 m awayRef 1992220506002
Serious
Renault crash on the B4222 in Herefordshire, 28 February 1997
304 m awayRef 199722EN01048
Slight
Car crash on the B4222 in Herefordshire, 9 September 2000
379 m awayRef 200022EC14540
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4222 in Herefordshire, 15 August 2006
503 m awayRef 200622EA37072
Fatal
Toyota Yaris crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire, 7 May 2025
661 m awayRef 2025221586749
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 45
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FA 45)
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 200122EC18567 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.