B4234 crash in Herefordshire on 5 December 2013 at 15:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire at 15:15 on Thursday 5 December 2013. The 17-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2013
- Thursday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92243, longitude -2.57653, in the HR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ross-on-Wye. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ross North, Herefordshire, HR9 7US area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201322E304536
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4234
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a fatal crash on 1 February 2023.
Fatal
Ford Transit crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire, 1 February 2023
9 m awayRef 2023221271212
Fatal
Van crash on the A449 in Herefordshire, 19 February 1988
10 m awayRef 1988220502026
Slight
Car crash on the B4228 in Herefordshire, 13 December 1984
10 m awayRef 1984220512014
Serious
Car crash on the A4149 in Herefordshire, 18 December 1979
30 m awayRef 1979220512057
Slight
Car crash on the B4228 in Herefordshire, 9 November 1987
41 m awayRef 1987220511010
Slight
Van crash on the B4228 in Herefordshire, 18 October 1985
51 m awayRef 1985220510030
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 17, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201322E304536 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.