C road crash in St Albans AL2 on 1 October 1993 at 17:50 involving a Renault 19
A Renault 19 and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on a C road in St Albans at 17:50 on Friday 1 October 1993. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Renault 5 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 1993
- Friday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault 19 and Renault 5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7238, longitude -0.29579, in the AL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of London Colney.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19934100B1333
- Council area
- St Albans
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault 19
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault 5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)
- 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 19934100B1333 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.