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Serious unclassified road crash in East Hertfordshire CM23 on 25 February 1996 at 20:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Renault 21 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Hertfordshire at 20:00 on Sunday 25 February 1996. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 45-year-old male driver of the Renault 21 were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Feb 1996
Sunday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Renault 21
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8578, longitude 0.14247, in the CM23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bishop's Stortford.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964100A0081
Council area
East Hertfordshire
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)

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 19964100A0081 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1996.