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Fatal C road crash in Dacorum HP23 on 6 October 1984 at 14:45 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on a C road in Dacorum at 14:45 on Saturday 6 October 1984. A 63-year-old male passenger in the car was killed, one other person was seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Oct 1984
Saturday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
4
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75931, longitude -0.64814, in the HP23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19844141D2083
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
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

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 19844141D2083 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 1984.