A465 crash in Herefordshire on 4 November 2022 at 16:20 involving a Citroen Relay van
A Citroen Relay van and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on the A465 in Herefordshire at 16:20 on Friday 4 November 2022. The 85-year-old female driver of the Skoda Fabia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 2022
- Friday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Relay and Skoda Fabia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03948, longitude -2.74741, in the HR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hereford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Belmont Rural, Herefordshire, HR2 7UG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022221239035
- 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
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 1998.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 21 April 1998
1 m awayRef 199822EL01391
Serious
Car crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 23 April 1983
11 m awayRef 1983220504027
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 22 February 2010
35 m awayRef 201022E000980
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 21 February 2008
46 m awayRef 200822EA87091
Slight
Car crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 12 December 1979
51 m awayRef 1979220512034
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A465 in Herefordshire, 30 November 2023
52 m awayRef 2023221382253
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Relay
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2022221239035 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 2022.