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A602 crash in Stevenage on 15 December 1983 at 00:04 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A602 in Stevenage at 00:04 on Thursday 15 December 1983. The 43-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 1983
Thursday, 00:04
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87955, longitude -0.1651, in the SG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19834141E1276
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
602
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 21 January 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, 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 19834141E1276 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 1983.