Serious B4214 crash in Herefordshire on 31 January 2008 at 07:53 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106, a Land Rover and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B4214 in Herefordshire at 07:53 on Thursday 31 January 2008. The 18-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 106 was seriously injured and the 51-year-old male driver of the Land Rover was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Jan 2008
- Thursday, 07:53
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 106 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05823, longitude -2.44278, in the HR8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200822EA87010
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4214
- 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
- Raining with 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2011.
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the B4214 in Herefordshire, 1 October 2011
54 m awayRef 201122E104212
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4214 in Herefordshire, 25 March 1999
67 m awayRef 199922EE01040
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the B4214 in Herefordshire, 29 December 2021
185 m awayRef 2021221137343
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire, 4 March 2025
283 m awayRef 2025221570126
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Malvern Hills, 22 December 1982
286 m awayRef 1982220512062
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4214 in Herefordshire, 3 June 2002
292 m awayRef 200222ED21228
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,628 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover)
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 200822EA87010 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 2008.