Serious B4349 crash in Herefordshire on 5 July 2003 at 16:00 involving a Honda CBR600RR motorcycle
An agricultural vehicle and a Honda CBR600RR motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire at 16:00 on Saturday 5 July 2003. The 32-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR600RR motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Jul 2003
- Saturday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Agricultural vehicle and Honda CBR600RR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03599, longitude -2.79244, in the HR2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200322EB25218
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4349
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 October 1989.
Serious
Car crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 7 October 1989
50 m awayRef 1989220510016
Slight
Car crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 14 July 1982
70 m awayRef 1982220507029
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 9 June 1999
71 m awayRef 199922EE01845
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 9 February 2012
82 m awayRef 201222E200719
Serious
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 16 August 2019
83 m awayRef 2019220874703
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 4 October 2001
91 m awayRef 200122EB18590
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR600RR
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR600RR)
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 200322EB25218 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.