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A405 crash in Three Rivers on 5 January 1993 at 16:25 involving a Lada Riva

A Lada Riva and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A405 in Three Rivers at 16:25 on Tuesday 5 January 1993. The 70-year-old male driver of the Lada Riva was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jan 1993
Tuesday, 16:25
Vehicles
2
Lada Riva and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70621, longitude -0.38097, in the AL2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19934100B1009
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
405
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lada Riva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lada Riva)

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 19934100B1009 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 1993.