A465 crash in Herefordshire on 16 February 2011 at 18:10 involving a Citroen Xsara
A Citroen Xsara, a Volvo S40 and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A465 in Herefordshire at 18:10 on Wednesday 16 February 2011. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Feb 2011
- Wednesday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen Xsara and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04458, longitude -2.72843, in the HR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hereford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Red Hill, Herefordshire, HR2 7RN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201122E100726
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 465
- 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
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2004.
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 6 March 2004
14 m awayRef 200422EA27719
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 29 January 1997
14 m awayRef 199722EL00540
Fatal
Iveco-Ford crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 7 February 2011
14 m awayRef 201122E100540
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 23 June 2020
15 m awayRef 2020220960094
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 8 December 2006
22 m awayRef 200622EA85166
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 8 January 2008
28 m awayRef 200822EA86902
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo S40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo S40)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo S40)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo S40)
- 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 201122E100726 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 2011.