B5378 crash in Hertsmere on 2 September 1996 at 11:15 involving a Renault 11
A Renault 11 and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere at 11:15 on Monday 2 September 1996. The 46-year-old female driver of the Renault 11 and a 7-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Carina were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Sep 1996
- Monday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault 11 and Toyota Carina
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6578, longitude -0.27137, in the WD6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Borehamwood.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199601SA00693
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5378
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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 12 January 2009.
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 12 January 2009
At the same spotRef 20094100J2013
Slight
Dennis crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 7 May 1997
At the same spotRef 199701SA00369
Slight
Honda CBR600F crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 24 July 2001
At the same spotRef 20014100J1578
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 25 April 1997
At the same spotRef 199701SA00322
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 10 January 2023
7 m awayRef 2023411265372
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 9 July 2018
7 m awayRef 2018410313569
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault 11
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 11)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 199601SA00693 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.