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M50 crash in Herefordshire on 27 February 2006 at 20:49 involving an Alfa Romeo 145

An Alfa Romeo 145 crashed on the M50 in Herefordshire at 20:49 on Monday 27 February 2006. A 19-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Feb 2006
Monday, 20:49
Vehicles
1
Alfa Romeo 145
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93318, longitude -2.48606, in the HR9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penyard, Herefordshire, HR9 7SE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200622EA34979
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
50
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4221

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo 145

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo 145)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200622EA34979 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 2006.