Unclassified road crash in Hertsmere WD6 on 1 October 1991 at 13:45 involving a Dodge van
A Dodge van and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere at 13:45 on Tuesday 1 October 1991. The 17-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 1991
- Tuesday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dodge and Ford Cortina
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66324, longitude -0.28664, in the WD6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Borehamwood.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199101SA00749
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dodge
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,593 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)
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 199101SA00749 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1991.