B4349 crash in Herefordshire on 19 June 2019 at 15:02 involving an Iveco lorry
A bus or coach and an Iveco lorry were involved in a crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire at 15:02 on Wednesday 19 June 2019. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jun 2019
- Wednesday, 15:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and Iveco
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03382, longitude -2.78008, 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
- 2019220864156
- 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
- 50 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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 July 2007.
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 17 July 2007
9 m awayRef 200722EA86140
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 10 April 2006
14 m awayRef 200622EA35578
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 2 February 1979
41 m awayRef 1979220502001
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 30 May 2016
59 m awayRef 2016220084529
Slight
Rover Montego crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 8 February 1999
59 m awayRef 199922EY00390
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4349 in Herefordshire, 11 April 2008
59 m awayRef 200822EA87278
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,186 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Iveco
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 57 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019220864156 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.