B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 11 February 1987 at 17:20 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 17:20 on Wednesday 11 February 1987. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Feb 1987
- Wednesday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62834, longitude -0.38764, in the WD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19874141C2020
- 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
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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 14 May 1981.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 14 May 1981
At the same spotRef 19814141C2083
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 25 April 1982
At the same spotRef 19824141C2070
Serious
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 22 February 1980
At the same spotRef 19804141C2024
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 2 July 1996
20 m awayRef 19964100C0405
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 31 March 1993
22 m awayRef 19934100C0153
Serious
Renault Trafic crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 27 June 1995
22 m awayRef 19954100C0398
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 19874141C2020 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 1987.