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Serious unclassified road crash in Herefordshire HR9 on 4 August 2007 at 12:51 involving a Volvo V70

A Volvo V70 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Herefordshire at 12:51 on Saturday 4 August 2007. A 3-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Aug 2007
Saturday, 12:51
Vehicles
1
Volvo V70
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91183, longitude -2.57436, 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 East, Herefordshire, HR9 7AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200722EA86202
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo V70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    19,894 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo V70)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200722EA86202 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 2007.