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A4008 crash in Hertsmere on 23 December 1992 at 12:20 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro hit a pedestrian on the A4008 in Hertsmere at 12:20 on Wednesday 23 December 1992. A 77-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1992
Wednesday, 12:20
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65106, longitude -0.37889, in the WD23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bushey.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199201SA00982
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199201SA00982 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.