B4349 crash in Herefordshire on 5 February 2018 at 13:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire at 13:50 on Monday 5 February 2018. The 61-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Feb 2018
- Monday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03615, longitude -2.79459, in the HR2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018220265995
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4349
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 2013.
Slight
Car crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 16 August 2013
10 m awayRef 201322E302874
Slight
Car crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 4 December 1981
12 m awayRef 1981220512011
Slight
Mitsubishi L200 crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 1 May 2003
22 m awayRef 200322EB24658
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 4 October 2001
59 m awayRef 200122EB18590
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 9 June 1999
79 m awayRef 199922EE01845
Slight
Car crash on the B4348 in Herefordshire, 2 January 2006
102 m awayRef 200622EB34478
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 61, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2018220265995 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 2018.