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Unclassified road crash in Welwyn Hatfield AL10 on 9 November 1992 at 16:47 involving an Austin Maestro

Four vehicles, including an Austin Maestro and a Ford Fiesta, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Welwyn Hatfield at 16:47 on Monday 9 November 1992. A 19-year-old female passenger in the Austin Maestro was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Nov 1992
Monday, 16:47
Vehicles
4
Austin Maestro and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75393, longitude -0.2296, in the AL10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hatfield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19924100B2274
Council area
Welwyn Hatfield
Police force
Hertfordshire

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Morris Maxi

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 19924100B2274 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Welwyn Hatfield road accident statistics for 1992.