Serious A465 crash in Herefordshire on 25 February 2012 at 17:10 involving a Jaguar X Type
A Jaguar X Type, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Honda CBR600F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A465 in Herefordshire at 17:10 on Saturday 25 February 2012. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Feb 2012
- Saturday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Jaguar X Type and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04062, longitude -2.74353, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222E200953
- 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
- Dry
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 1996.
Slight
Bedford crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 14 May 1996
At the same spotRef 199622EB03544
Serious
Car crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 12 September 1987
10 m awayRef 1987220509064
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 9 November 2001
45 m awayRef 200122EA19006
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 31 July 2018
70 m awayRef 2018220316577
Slight
Car crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 8 May 1987
76 m awayRef 1987220505012
Slight
Piaggio crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 2 August 2014
82 m awayRef 201422E402860
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar X Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Honda CBR600F
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar X Type)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 3: Rider
SlightMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 3 (Honda CBR600F)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 201222E200953 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.