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C road crash in East Hertfordshire SG9 on 30 March 1996 at 00:03 involving a Fiat Panda

A bus or coach and a Fiat Panda were involved in a crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire at 00:03 on Saturday 30 March 1996. The 42-year-old male driver of the Fiat Panda was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Mar 1996
Saturday, 00:03
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and Fiat Panda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94122, longitude -0.01491, in the SG9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buntingford.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964100A0203
Council area
East Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Panda)

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 19964100A0203 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.