A480 crash in Herefordshire on 6 December 2024 at 10:56 involving a Honda NC750 motorcycle
A Honda NC750 motorcycle crashed on the A480 in Herefordshire at 10:56 on Friday 6 December 2024. The 70-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Dec 2024
- Friday, 10:56
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda NC750
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09623, longitude -2.82476, in the HR4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024221526642
- Council area
- Herefordshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 480
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Wet or damp
- 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, 64 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2011.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A480 in Herefordshire, 19 January 2011
64 m awayRef 201122E100290
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A480 in Herefordshire, 18 February 1991
130 m awayRef 1991220502016
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A480 in Herefordshire, 8 April 2024
141 m awayRef 2024221429324
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A480 in Herefordshire, 19 November 1993
151 m awayRef 1993220511019
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A480 in Herefordshire, 13 February 1992
151 m awayRef 1992220502013
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A480 in Herefordshire, 5 October 2001
189 m awayRef 200122EB18547
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda NC750
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 745 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 70, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda NC750)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 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 2024221526642 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.