Serious A465 crash in Herefordshire on 3 August 2020 at 05:40 involving a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle
A Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle and a Volkswagen Transporter van were involved in a crash on the A465 in Herefordshire at 05:40 on Monday 3 August 2020. The 39-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Aug 2020
- Monday, 05:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YZF R125 and Volkswagen Transporter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06049, longitude -2.7045, in the HR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hereford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eign Hill, Herefordshire, HR1 2TU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020220971426
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 465
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 2022.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 17 June 2022
1 m awayRef 2022221191649
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 10 December 2015
2 m awayRef 2015220041297
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 27 October 1999
4 m awayRef 199922EA11377
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 23 February 2002
4 m awayRef 200222EA20061
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 3 June 2001
4 m awayRef 200122EA17144
Slight
Kawasaki AR125 crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 9 December 1992
4 m awayRef 1992220512010
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Transporter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R125)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- 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 2020220971426 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.