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A41 crash in Dacorum on 24 December 1979 at 10:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A41 in Dacorum at 10:25 on Monday 24 December 1979. The 70-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1979
Monday, 10:25
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72364, longitude -0.45375, in the WD4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19794141D1433
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 November 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 19794141D1433 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 1979.