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A465 crash in Herefordshire on 26 October 2004 at 14:54 involving a Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle

A Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A465 in Herefordshire at 14:54 on Tuesday 26 October 2004. The 18-year-old male rider of the Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Oct 2004
Tuesday, 14:54
Vehicles
2
Yamaha DT 125 R and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04513, longitude -2.72742, in the HR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hereford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Red Hill, Herefordshire, HR2 7RN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200422EA30183
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
465
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha DT 125 R

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha DT 125 R)

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 200422EA30183 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 2004.