B4234 crash in Herefordshire on 30 October 2017 at 19:57 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire at 19:57 on Monday 30 October 2017. An 8-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 2017
- Monday, 19:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.9151, longitude -2.58293, 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
- 2017220256192
- 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
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 serious injury crash on 9 April 1985.
Serious
Car crash on the B4228 in Herefordshire, 9 April 1985
4 m awayRef 1985220504013
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4149 in Herefordshire, 10 June 1983
18 m awayRef 1983220506012
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire, 2 June 2007
25 m awayRef 200722EA85956
Slight
Car crash on the B4228 in Herefordshire, 20 July 1985
25 m awayRef 1985220507028
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire, 30 October 1985
25 m awayRef 1985220510053
Slight
Car crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire, 9 November 2024
27 m awayRef 2024221516706
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- 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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2017220256192 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.