B6424 crash in St Albans on 31 August 1993 at 14:35 involving an Iveco lorry
A vehicle, an Iveco lorry and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B6424 in St Albans at 14:35 on Tuesday 31 August 1993. The 22-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 1993
- Tuesday, 14:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Iveco and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74911, longitude -0.33033, in the AL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Albans.
Map of where the crash happened in St Albans
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19934100B1269
- Council area
- St Albans
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6424
- 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
- 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 21 April 2011.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B6424 in St Albans, 21 April 2011
At the same spotRef 20114100F0292
Serious
Suzuki UK 110 crash on the B6424 in St Albans, 28 July 2023
3 m awayRef 2023411338253
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the B6424 in St Albans, 22 February 2016
7 m awayRef 20164100F0132
Serious
Renault 5 crash on the B6424 in St Albans, 12 June 1999
10 m awayRef 19994100F0236
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6424 in St Albans, 19 March 1996
10 m awayRef 19964100F0116
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B6424 in St Albans, 26 July 1996
20 m awayRef 19964100F0270
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 826 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Iveco
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 19934100B1269 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 1993.