B4234 crash in Herefordshire on 13 March 2014 at 15:47 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and an Aprilia RS50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire at 15:47 on Thursday 13 March 2014. The 17-year-old male rider of the Aprilia RS50 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Mar 2014
- Thursday, 15:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Aprilia RS50
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92306, longitude -2.57596, 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
- 201422E400891
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2025.
Slight
Audi Q7 crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire, 28 April 2025
1 m awayRef 2025221582819
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire, 24 January 2003
10 m awayRef 200322EC23701
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire, 13 September 2011
10 m awayRef 201122E103863
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire, 5 December 1999
14 m awayRef 199922EC11850
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire, 8 November 1997
22 m awayRef 199722EG05021
Serious
Car crash on the B4228 in Herefordshire, 17 December 1984
22 m awayRef 1984220512013
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Aprilia RS50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 50 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia RS50)
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 201422E400891 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 2014.