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A1057 crash in St Albans on 22 October 1992 at 14:40 involving a Ford Escort

Two Ford Escorts were involved in a crash on the A1057 in St Albans at 14:40 on Thursday 22 October 1992. The 33-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 1992
Thursday, 14:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75479, longitude -0.26941, in the AL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Smallford.

Map of where the crash happened in St Albans

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19924100B1342
Council area
St Albans
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1057
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 19924100B1342 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 1992.