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Serious A10 crash in Broxbourne on 16 December 1996 at 04:40 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 and a DAF Trucks FT 2500 lorry were involved in a crash on the A10 in Broxbourne at 04:40 on Monday 16 December 1996. The 23-year-old female driver of the Renault 5 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Dec 1996
Monday, 04:40
Vehicles
2
Renault 5 and DAF Trucks FT 2500
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73722, longitude -0.03285, in the EN10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Broxbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964100A0564
Council area
Broxbourne
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
10
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 June 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks FT 2500

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

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 19964100A0564 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.