Serious A49 crash in Herefordshire on 28 February 2020 at 11:40 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car, a Ford Fiesta and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the A49 in Herefordshire at 11:40 on Friday 28 February 2020. The 38-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Feb 2020
- Friday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.9583, longitude -2.70675, in the HR2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020220938877
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 49
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 2020.
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 8 March 2020
4 m awayRef 2020220939631
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 14 November 1996
4 m awayRef 199622EC08536
Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 12 July 2001
4 m awayRef 200122EC17750
Fatal
Suzuki Wagon R+ crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 25 October 2008
4 m awayRef 200822EA88040
Slight
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 21 April 2007
4 m awayRef 200722EA85797
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A49 in Herefordshire, 26 January 2012
4 m awayRef 201222E200425
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,837 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 2020220938877 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 2020.