B4230 crash in Herefordshire on 18 December 2007 at 08:20 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the B4230 in Herefordshire at 08:20 on Tuesday 18 December 2007. All 22 casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2007
- Tuesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Dennis
- Casualties
- 22
- 22 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16018, longitude -2.87709, in the HR4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200722EA86846
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4230
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2013.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire, 9 June 2013
14 m awayRef 201322E301895
Serious
Ford Capri crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire, 1 November 1992
36 m awayRef 1992220611002
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4230 in Herefordshire, 16 June 1992
161 m awayRef 1992220606018
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4230 in Herefordshire, 19 September 1998
170 m awayRef 199822EZ03243
Slight
Car crash on the B4230 in Herefordshire, 19 June 1983
215 m awayRef 1983220506038
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire, 11 June 1992
226 m awayRef 1992220606006
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 827 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (22)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 8: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 9: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 10: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 11: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 12: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 13: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 14: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 15: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 16: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 17: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 18: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 19: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 20: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 21: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 22: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 200722EA86846 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.