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M50 crash in Herefordshire on 28 October 2013 at 05:25 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van

A Vauxhall Vivaro van and a BMW X5 were involved in a crash on the M50 in Herefordshire at 05:25 on Monday 28 October 2013. A 28-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Vivaro van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a flooded dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 2013
Monday, 05:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vivaro and BMW X5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93336, longitude -2.48475, in the HR9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penyard, Herefordshire, HR9 7SE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201322D303998
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
50
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
50

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW X5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vivaro)

    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 201322D303998 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 2013.