B556 crash in Hertsmere on 17 May 1995 at 13:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B556 in Hertsmere at 13:45 on Wednesday 17 May 1995. The 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 36-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 May 1995
- Wednesday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69632, longitude -0.2317, in the EN6 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199501SA00459
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 556
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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 slight injury crash on 29 October 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the B556 in Hertsmere, 29 October 1988
10 m awayRef 198801SA00843
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B556 in Hertsmere, 7 August 2009
10 m awayRef 20094100J0143
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on an unclassified road in Broxbourne, 23 November 2017
12 m awayRef 2017410251058
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the B556 in Hertsmere, 21 March 1998
14 m awayRef 199801SA00172
Serious
Gilera Runner 125 crash on the B556 in Hertsmere, 24 November 2010
14 m awayRef 20104100J0682
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 6 July 2017
18 m awayRef 2017410209227
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 199501SA00459 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1995.