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Unclassified road crash in Dacorum HP23 on 24 October 1992 at 00:30 involving a Ford Capri

A Ford Capri and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum at 00:30 on Saturday 24 October 1992. The 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Oct 1992
Saturday, 00:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Capri and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80249, longitude -0.65759, in the HP23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tring.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19924100D0412
Council area
Dacorum
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
B
Second road number
486

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,792 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, 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 19924100D0412 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 1992.