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Serious C road crash in North Hertfordshire SG5 on 30 October 1988 at 17:35 involving a van

A van crashed on a C road in North Hertfordshire at 17:35 on Sunday 30 October 1988. The 21-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Oct 1988
Sunday, 17:35
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93506, longitude -0.33012, in the SG5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19884141E2149
Council area
North Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 May 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 19884141E2149 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1988.