A4145 crash in Three Rivers on 7 October 1994 at 14:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Saab 900 were involved in a crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers at 14:50 on Friday 7 October 1994. The 18-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Oct 1994
- Friday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Saab 900
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63985, longitude -0.4277, in the WD18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19944100C0534
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4145
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 2018.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers, 15 February 2018
5 m awayRef 2018410356607
Serious
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers, 4 October 1998
10 m awayRef 19984100C0640
Serious
Mitsubishi crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers, 17 July 2025
12 m awayRef 2025411623347
Slight
Morris Marina crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers, 7 November 1996
14 m awayRef 19964100C0760
Serious
Car crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers, 14 November 1982
20 m awayRef 19824141C2218
Serious
Van crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers, 7 August 1998
22 m awayRef 19984100C0509
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Saab 900
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,985 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 19944100C0534 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 1994.