B4234 crash in Herefordshire on 18 June 2019 at 18:30 involving a Fiat 500
A Fiat 500, a car and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire at 18:30 on Tuesday 18 June 2019. The 70-year-old male driver of the Fiat 500 and the 61-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jun 2019
- Tuesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Fiat 500 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92342, longitude -2.57573, 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 North, Herefordshire, HR9 7US area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019220858458
- 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
- Single carriageway
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 2019.
Slight
Kia Sorento crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire, 9 April 2019
8 m awayRef 2019220834997
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4149 in Herefordshire, 9 April 1983
8 m awayRef 1983220504004
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4228 in Herefordshire, 5 October 1989
15 m awayRef 1989220510048
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire, 8 November 1997
16 m awayRef 199722EG05021
Serious
Car crash on the B4228 in Herefordshire, 17 December 1984
16 m awayRef 1984220512013
Slight
Austin Allegro crash on the B4228 in Herefordshire, 18 July 1992
16 m awayRef 1992220507025
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2019220858458 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 2019.