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B4222 crash in Herefordshire on 26 October 2001 at 16:45 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier taxi

A Vauxhall Cavalier taxi and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B4222 in Herefordshire at 16:45 on Friday 26 October 2001. The 54-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Oct 2001
Friday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90606, longitude -2.47588, 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
200122EC18779
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
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 200122EC18779 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.