B4234 crash in Herefordshire on 10 September 2016 at 22:29 involving a Ford Mondeo
A motorcycle and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire at 22:29 on Saturday 10 September 2016. The 72-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Sep 2016
- Saturday, 22:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91577, longitude -2.58209, 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 East, Herefordshire, HR9 7AE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016220113711
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 1999.
Slight
Honda crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire, 15 July 1999
3 m awayRef 199922EC10316
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire, 11 January 1997
3 m awayRef 199722EA00093
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire, 3 April 2014
3 m awayRef 201422E401258
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire, 21 December 2009
3 m awayRef 200922E907209
Serious
Scania crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire, 9 July 1999
8 m awayRef 199922EC10098
Slight
Car crash on the A4149 in Herefordshire, 24 October 1981
8 m awayRef 1981220510076
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 50 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 2016220113711 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 2016.