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Unclassified road crash in Stevenage SG1 on 6 April 1993 at 19:00 involving a Bedford Astra

A Bedford Astra and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Stevenage at 19:00 on Tuesday 6 April 1993. The 35-year-old male driver of the Bedford Astra, a 28-year-old male passenger in the Bedford Astra and the 17-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were 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
6 Apr 1993
Tuesday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Bedford Astra and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92369, longitude -0.1761, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage.

Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19934100E1042
Council area
Stevenage
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
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 6 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, 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 19934100E1042 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 1993.