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Unclassified road crash in Dacorum HP4 on 10 February 1979 at 23:10 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum at 23:10 on Saturday 10 February 1979. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 1979
Saturday, 23:10
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76955, longitude -0.52755, in the HP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Potten End.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19794141D2010
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 February 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 19794141D2010 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.