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Unclassified road crash in Broxbourne EN11 on 23 March 1996 at 21:40 involving an Austin Metro

Four vehicles, including an Austin Metro and a Ford Escort, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Broxbourne at 21:40 on Saturday 23 March 1996. The 40-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Mar 1996
Saturday, 21:40
Vehicles
4
Austin Metro and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76726, longitude -0.00096, in the EN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hoddesdon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964100A0120
Council area
Broxbourne
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 May 2011.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 4: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 19964100A0120 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.