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Unclassified road crash in Watford WD24 on 15 March 1979 at 19:40 involving a van

A van and two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Watford at 19:40 on Thursday 15 March 1979. The 32-year-old female driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Mar 1979
Thursday, 19:40
Vehicles
3
Van and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67351, longitude -0.4034, in the WD24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford.

Map of where the crash happened in Watford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19794141C1053
Council area
Watford
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, 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 19794141C1053 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Watford road accident statistics for 1979.