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A5 crash in Dacorum on 17 August 1994 at 06:20 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A5 in Dacorum at 06:20 on Wednesday 17 August 1994. The 19-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 56-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 1994
Wednesday, 06:20
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.82405, longitude -0.43116, in the AL3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944100D0319
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 19944100D0319 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 1994.