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Serious C road crash in Dacorum HP4 on 12 November 1979 at 15:50 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Dacorum at 15:50 on Monday 12 November 1979. The 53-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Nov 1979
Monday, 15:50
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79858, longitude -0.54836, in the HP4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19794141D2095
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
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 5 February 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, 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 19794141D2095 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.