B5378 crash in Hertsmere on 20 March 1982 at 12:50 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere at 12:50 on Saturday 20 March 1982. The 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 54-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Mar 1982
- Saturday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68704, longitude -0.27851, in the WD7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1982010SA0184
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5378
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 January 1999.
Serious
Renault 19 crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 10 January 1999
14 m awayRef 199901SA00008
Serious
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 30 July 1991
22 m awayRef 199101SA00584
Serious
Honda crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 28 July 2003
32 m awayRef 20034100J2571
Fatal
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 25 October 1998
45 m awayRef 199801SA00712
Slight
Car crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 11 August 1987
50 m awayRef 198701SA00594
Slight
Car crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 5 November 1997
61 m awayRef 199701SA00910
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, 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 1982010SA0184 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1982.