A49 crash in Herefordshire on 31 December 2003 at 13:00 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the A49 in Herefordshire at 13:00 on Wednesday 31 December 2003. A 48-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2003
- Wednesday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0647, longitude -2.71782, in the HR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hereford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Widemarsh, Herefordshire, HR4 9SW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200322EA27038
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 49
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 December 2003.
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 2 December 2003
14 m awayRef 200322EA26717
Serious
MG MGF crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 1 April 2010
14 m awayRef 201022E001717
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 20 May 1997
32 m awayRef 199722EU02318
Slight
Van crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 12 May 1986
32 m awayRef 1986220505032
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 14 November 1987
36 m awayRef 1987220511030
Slight
Car crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 18 December 2003
36 m awayRef 200322EA26956
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200322EA27038 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 2003.