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Unclassified road crash in Stevenage SG1 on 23 December 1994 at 08:15 involving a Daihatsu Fourtrak

A Daihatsu Fourtrak, a Ford Sierra taxi and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Stevenage at 08:15 on Friday 23 December 1994. A 50-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra taxi and the 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra taxi were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1994
Friday, 08:15
Vehicles
3
Daihatsu Fourtrak and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91644, longitude -0.19602, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944100E1241
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 43 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2017.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Fourtrak

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,765 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 19944100E1241 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 1994.