B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 7 December 1990 at 17:15 involving a Bedford van
A Bedford van and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 17:15 on Friday 7 December 1990. The 17-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 1990
- Friday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bedford and Suzuki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63015, longitude -0.38903, in the WD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19904141C0590
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 July 1986.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 25 July 1986
At the same spotRef 19864141C2139
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Three Rivers, 22 March 1981
At the same spotRef 19814141C2047
Serious
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 27 December 1988
At the same spotRef 19884141C2239
Slight
Taxi crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 9 November 1982
At the same spotRef 19824141C2206
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 3 February 1985
At the same spotRef 19854141C2010
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 18 January 1982
At the same spotRef 19824141C2010
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bedford
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)
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 19904141C0590 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 1990.