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B197 crash in Stevenage on 17 May 1995 at 03:51 involving a Peugeot 309

A Peugeot 309 crashed on the B197 in Stevenage at 03:51 on Wednesday 17 May 1995. The 21-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 May 1995
Wednesday, 03:51
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 309
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89054, longitude -0.19532, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage.

Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954100E0086
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
197
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
197

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 8 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)

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 19954100E0086 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 1995.