A449 crash in Herefordshire on 4 March 2006 at 10:20 involving a Ford Galaxy
A car and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the A449 in Herefordshire at 10:20 on Saturday 4 March 2006. The 38-year-old female driver of the Ford Galaxy was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Mar 2006
- Saturday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Galaxy
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92777, longitude -2.56933, in the HR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ross-on-Wye. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ross North, Herefordshire, HR9 7US area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200622EA35060
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 449
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 November 2009.
Serious
Volvo crash on the A449 in Herefordshire, 23 November 2009
At the same spotRef 200922E906610
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A449 in Herefordshire, 24 June 1979
At the same spotRef 1979220506080
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A449 in Herefordshire, 16 August 2023
10 m awayRef 2023221343821
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A449 in Herefordshire, 21 October 2013
14 m awayRef 201322E303912
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A449 in Herefordshire, 16 September 1982
28 m awayRef 1982220509044
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A449 in Herefordshire, 15 December 2003
45 m awayRef 200322EC26896
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
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 200622EA35060 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.