B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 27 November 1981 at 15:25 involving a car
Four cars were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 15:25 on Friday 27 November 1981. The 43-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Nov 1981
- Friday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 4
- Car and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61937, longitude -0.38941, in the WD19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19814141C2201
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4542
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 1985.
Slight
Taxi crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 18 February 1985
At the same spotRef 19854141C2019
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 2 May 1991
At the same spotRef 19914141C0171
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 24 February 1989
At the same spotRef 19894141C2032
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 5 November 1983
At the same spotRef 19834141C2195
Slight
Car crash on the B4543 in Three Rivers, 10 November 1982
At the same spotRef 19824141C2207
Serious
Van crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 30 October 1979
At the same spotRef 19794141C2320
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 19814141C2201 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 1981.