Serious A4008 crash in Hertsmere on 11 November 1992 at 07:40 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A4008 in Hertsmere at 07:40 on Wednesday 11 November 1992. There were twelve casualties: one person was seriously injured and eleven were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Nov 1992
- Wednesday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and minibus
- Casualties
- 12
- 1 seriously injured, 11 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65194, longitude -0.3777, in the WD23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bushey.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199201SA00840
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4008
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 1991.
Slight
Ford crash on the A4008 in Hertsmere, 14 November 1991
At the same spotRef 199101SA00852
Serious
Car crash on the A4008 in Hertsmere, 19 December 1986
At the same spotRef 198601SA01035
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B462 in Hertsmere, 31 January 2003
At the same spotRef 20034100J2089
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B462 in Hertsmere, 10 April 2019
2 m awayRef 2019410833864
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the B462 in Hertsmere, 16 December 2025
4 m awayRef 2025411689177
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 5 September 2016
7 m awayRef 2016410110774
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Minibus
Minibus or motor caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (12)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 13, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
Casualty 8: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
Casualty 9: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
Casualty 10: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
Casualty 11: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
Casualty 12: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
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 199201SA00840 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 1992.