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Unclassified road crash in Herefordshire HR1 on 16 January 2024 at 16:28 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series and a Kia Ceed were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire at 16:28 on Tuesday 16 January 2024. The 20-year-old male driver of the Kia Ceed was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jan 2024
Tuesday, 16:28
Vehicles
2
BMW 5 Series and Kia Ceed
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07221, longitude -2.71263, in the HR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hereford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Widemarsh, Herefordshire, HR4 9SW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024221399998
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 53 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Ceed

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Ceed)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2024221399998 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 2024.