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Serious unclassified road crash in Broxbourne EN7 on 9 December 1986 at 07:40 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Broxbourne at 07:40 on Tuesday 9 December 1986. The 23-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured and the 32-year-old male driver of the van 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
Serious
Date
9 Dec 1986
Tuesday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71552, longitude -0.05261, in the EN7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cheshunt.

Map of where the crash happened in Broxbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198601YF00932
Council area
Broxbourne
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, 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 198601YF00932 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxbourne road accident statistics for 1986.