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A405 crash in Three Rivers on 22 December 1995 at 12:17 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A405 in Three Rivers at 12:17 on Friday 22 December 1995. The 54-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 1995
Friday, 12:17
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70515, longitude -0.3826, in the AL2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954100C0787
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
405
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
1

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 19954100C0787 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 1995.