A465 crash in Herefordshire on 27 January 2012 at 20:55 involving a Honda XR125L motorcycle
A Honda XR125L motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A465 in Herefordshire at 20:55 on Friday 27 January 2012. The 40-year-old male rider of the Honda XR125L motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jan 2012
- Friday, 20:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda XR125L and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04275, longitude -2.73351, in the HR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hereford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Belmont Rural, Herefordshire, HR2 7UG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222E200595
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 2019.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 15 January 2019
1 m awayRef 2019220356254
Slight
Optare Solo crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 8 November 2010
10 m awayRef 201022E005674
Slight
Car crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 31 October 1985
10 m awayRef 1985220510051
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 6 November 1987
10 m awayRef 1987220511022
Slight
Car crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 7 March 1987
10 m awayRef 1987220503002
Slight
Car crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 21 September 1987
10 m awayRef 1987220509043
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda XR125L
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 40, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda XR125L)
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 201222E200595 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 2012.