A49 crash in Herefordshire on 13 December 2015 at 18:14 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A49 in Herefordshire at 18:14 on Sunday 13 December 2015. The 36-year-old male driver of the Ford KA and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2015
- Sunday, 18:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04684, longitude -2.72051, in the HR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hereford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Red Hill, Herefordshire, HR2 7RN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015220054494
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 49
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2008.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 6 February 2008
4 m awayRef 200822EA87035
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 27 January 2010
4 m awayRef 201022E000627
Slight
Car crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 13 October 2005
6 m awayRef 200522EA33681
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 19 September 2011
6 m awayRef 201122E103979
Serious
Lexmoto Diablo crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 23 July 2024
8 m awayRef 2024221471411
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 20 November 2022
9 m awayRef 2022221244786
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,363 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- 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 2015220054494 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 2015.