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C road crash in Dacorum WD4 on 25 October 1980 at 14:30 involving a car

A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on a C road in Dacorum at 14:30 on Saturday 25 October 1980. The 26-year-old female driver of the other vehicle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Oct 1980
Saturday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Car and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70868, longitude -0.47887, 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
19804141D1388
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
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 19804141D1388 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 1980.