Serious B655 crash in North Hertfordshire on 22 August 1992 at 11:43 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier hit a pedestrian on the B655 in North Hertfordshire at 11:43 on Saturday 22 August 1992. A 30-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Aug 1992
- Saturday, 11:43
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.96055, longitude -0.39133, in the SG5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19924100E2236
- Council area
- North Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 655
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 July 2023.
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the B655 in North Hertfordshire, 7 July 2023
10 m awayRef 2023411342147
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B655 in North Hertfordshire, 1 April 1999
10 m awayRef 19994100G0106
Slight
Car crash on the B655 in North Hertfordshire, 7 December 1993
10 m awayRef 19934100E2392
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B655 in North Hertfordshire, 29 June 2009
10 m awayRef 20094100G0410
Slight
Audi Q5 crash on the B655 in North Hertfordshire, 26 February 2025
12 m awayRef 2025411563646
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the B655 in North Hertfordshire, 25 October 2013
14 m awayRef 20134100G0572
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 19924100E2236 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1992.