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A44 crash in Herefordshire on 14 January 2004 at 08:30 involving a Mercedes C Class

Five vehicles, including a Mercedes C Class and a Vauxhall Corsa, were involved in a crash on the A44 in Herefordshire at 08:30 on Wednesday 14 January 2004. The 26-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 2004
Wednesday, 08:30
Vehicles
5
Mercedes C Class and 4 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18812, longitude -2.53535, in the HR7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200422EJ27267
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
44
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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 2003.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Submerged in water
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,762 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 5: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 200422EJ27267 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.