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Serious unclassified road crash in Dacorum HP2 on 28 October 1995 at 19:26 involving a Ford Escort taxi

A Ford Escort taxi and a Honda SA50J motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum at 19:26 on Saturday 28 October 1995. The 61-year-old female rider of the Honda SA50J motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Oct 1995
Saturday, 19:26
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Honda SA50J
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77226, longitude -0.45818, in the HP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemel Hempstead.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954100D0415
Council area
Dacorum
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda SA50J

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 61, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SA50J)

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 19954100D0415 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 1995.