Serious B4218 crash in Herefordshire on 12 December 2018 at 16:20 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4218 in Herefordshire at 16:20 on Wednesday 12 December 2018. The 60-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Dec 2018
- Wednesday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- DAF Trucks and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0851, longitude -2.35207, in the WR13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018220820662
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4218
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 1990.
Slight
Car crash on the B4218 in the Malvern Hills, 22 June 1990
2 m awayRef 1990220306073
Slight
Car crash on the B4218 in the Malvern Hills, 4 September 1982
11 m awayRef 1982220509006
Slight
Fiat Coupe crash on the B4218 in Herefordshire, 16 April 2004
49 m awayRef 200422ED28201
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4218 in Herefordshire, 26 April 2002
50 m awayRef 200222ED20740
Slight
Ford crash on the B4218 in the Malvern Hills, 24 January 1990
56 m awayRef 1990220301063
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B4218 in Herefordshire, 12 March 2020
71 m awayRef 2020220939984
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- 60 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 60, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2018220820662 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.