Accident investigation and prevention

Personal injury road traffic accidents in Herefordshire

Each year around 600 personal injury road traffic accidents, resulting in approximately 800 casualties, occur across the entire road network within Herefordshire.

We maintain an electronic database containing details of all personal injury accident records within the county dating back to 1979. This data is supplied regularly by West Mercia Police. Each year the data is analysed to investigate all aspects of road traffic accidents on the county's roads, including problem "blackspots" and analysis of all contributory factors. This enables us to prioritise spend on road improvements and informs the annual programme of road safety education campaigns.

For an overview of the accident investigation and prevention process used by Herefordshire Council please see the document in the resources box below.

Accident data requests

Accident information is available to all outside bodies subject to a charge of £76.59 (Inc of VAT) per enquiry area.

In order to process your request, please provide us with the following information:

• A clear plan outlining the area of interest.
• A date period over which you would like the enquiry. (Please note the latest available data is usually 6 weeks behind the current date due to processing timescales)
• Payment of £76.59 (Inc of VAT) by cheque payable to Herefordshire Council, or alternatively a purchase order number if you would like to be invoiced for payment.

Data will be supplied as a Contributory Factors report via electronic PDF or a posted hard copy, as required together with receipt for payment where necessary. We aim to supply all data within seven days of request.

Requests may be submitted via email to accidentdata@herefordshire.gov.uk or in the case of payment by cheque by letter to:

Accident Investigation & Prevention Team
Herefordshire Council
Unit 3 Thorn Business Park
Rotherwas
Hereford
HR2 6JT

Please note - all costs are reviewed and may be subject to change on an annual basis. If you require further more detailed accident information this may be available subject to an agreed charge dependant on your requirement and current workload.

Herefordshire casualty statistics - recent performance

Total killed or seriously injured

Year	Target	Actual	% change over previous year	% change over 1994-98 average
2004	197	141	-3%	-43%
2005	187	147	4%	-41%
2006	134	119	-19%	-52%
2007	130	133	12%	-47%
2008	123	93	-30%	-63%
2009	116	105	13%	-58%
2010	108	61	-42%	-76%

Child killed or seriously injured

Year	Target	Actual	% change over previous year	% change over 1994-98 average
2004	18	8	33%	-64%
2005	17	13	63%	-41%
2006	15	10	-23%	-55%
2007	14	11	10%	-50%
2008	13	6	-45%	-73%
2009	12	9	50%	-59%
2010	11	3	-67%	-86%

Slight casualty

Year	Target	Actual	% change over previous year	% change over 1994-98 average
2004	738	777	8%	8%
2005	804	732	-6%	2%
2006	788	663	-9%	-8%
2007	772	713	8%	-1%
2008	756	632	-11%	-12%
2009	740	707	12%	-2%
2010	724	586	-17%	-18%

Total casualties

Year	Actual
2004	918
2005	879
2006	782
2007	846
2008	725
2009	812
2010	647

A more detailed overview of last year's road casualties in Herefordshire can be found in a copy of the 2009 Herefordshire Road Casualties Summary Report available to download below. A copy of the 2008 Herefordshire Road Casualty Summary Reports is also provided below. The 2010 Herefordshire Road Casualty Summary Report will be available in Summer 2011.