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Serious C road crash in Welwyn Hatfield AL9 on 7 September 1979 at 20:58 involving a van

A van and a lorry were involved in a crash on a C road in Welwyn Hatfield at 20:58 on Friday 7 September 1979. A 55-year-old male passenger in the van and the 34-year-old male driver of the van were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Sep 1979
Friday, 20:58
Vehicles
2
Van and lorry
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73293, longitude -0.22028, in the AL9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Welham Green.

Map of where the crash happened in Welwyn Hatfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19794141B2131
Council area
Welwyn Hatfield
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 19794141B2131 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Welwyn Hatfield road accident statistics for 1979.