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Fatal A119 crash in East Hertfordshire on 24 January 1994 at 09:33 involving a Ford lorry

A Ford lorry and a Carbodies Taxi were involved in a crash on the A119 in East Hertfordshire at 09:33 on Monday 24 January 1994. A 90-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Carbodies Taxi was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Jan 1994
Monday, 09:33
Vehicles
2
Ford and Carbodies Taxi
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79783, longitude -0.07053, in the SG13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hertford.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944100A0047
Council area
East Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
119
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    5,947 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 90, hit by vehicle 2 (Carbodies Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 19944100A0047 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1994.