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B176 crash in Broxbourne on 23 December 1996 at 17:30 involving a Bedford

A Bedford and a Nissan Bluebird were involved in a crash on the B176 in Broxbourne at 17:30 on Monday 23 December 1996. The 37-year-old male driver of the Bedford was slightly 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
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1996
Monday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Bedford and Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70653, longitude -0.03635, in the EN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cheshunt.

Map of where the crash happened in Broxbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199601YF00936
Council area
Broxbourne
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
176
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 27 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

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 199601YF00936 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxbourne road accident statistics for 1996.