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Serious unclassified road crash in East Hertfordshire SG10 on 30 July 1979 at 22:30 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in East Hertfordshire at 22:30 on Monday 30 July 1979. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Jul 1979
Monday, 22:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
4
3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.84676, longitude 0.07603, in the SG10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19794141A2104
Council area
East Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 19794141A2104 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1979.