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A414 crash in East Hertfordshire on 5 November 1995 at 18:00 involving a Triumph motorcycle

A van and a Triumph motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A414 in East Hertfordshire at 18:00 on Sunday 5 November 1995. The 39-year-old male rider of the Triumph motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Nov 1995
Sunday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Van and Triumph
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79024, longitude -0.14669, in the SG14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954100B0294
Council area
East Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
414
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    744 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Triumph)

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 19954100B0294 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 1995.