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Serious A40 crash in Herefordshire on 13 June 2017 at 10:40 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A40 in Herefordshire at 10:40 on Tuesday 13 June 2017. The 71-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 65-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were seriously injured and the 61-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Jun 2017
Tuesday, 10:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.84009, longitude -2.68442, in the NP25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017220191309
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    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
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2017220191309 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 2017.