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Serious A1 crash in Hertsmere on 16 August 1996 at 09:10 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf hit a pedestrian on the A1 in Hertsmere at 09:10 on Friday 16 August 1996. A 35-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Aug 1996
Friday, 09:10
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64753, longitude -0.25239, in the WD6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Borehamwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199601SA00652
Council area
Hertsmere
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199601SA00652 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 1996.