Fatal B4220 crash in Herefordshire on 3 December 2017 at 13:20 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris crashed on the B4220 in Herefordshire at 13:20 on Sunday 3 December 2017. The 26-year-old male driver was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 3 Dec 2017
- Sunday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.17218, longitude -2.45877, in the WR6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017220245666
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4220
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2019.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4220 in Herefordshire, 6 October 2019
22 m awayRef 2019220885179
Slight
Car crash on the B4220 in the Malvern Hills, 7 July 1989
35 m awayRef 1989220507013
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the B4220 in Herefordshire, 9 January 1999
46 m awayRef 199922EY00045
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4220 in the Malvern Hills, 15 March 1996
47 m awayRef 199622EU02088
Serious
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B4220 in Herefordshire, 12 August 2005
58 m awayRef 200522EJ33166
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4220 in the Malvern Hills, 2 May 1994
116 m awayRef 199422EL04036
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
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 2017220245666 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.