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A405 crash in Three Rivers on 25 March 1996 at 12:15 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX and a Daimler Sovereign were involved in a crash on the A405 in Three Rivers at 12:15 on Monday 25 March 1996. The 72-year-old male driver of the Citroen BX and a 72-year-old female passenger in the Citroen BX were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Mar 1996
Monday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Citroen BX and Daimler Sovereign
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69834, longitude -0.38415, in the WD25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964100C0187
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
405
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 11 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daimler Sovereign

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    4,235 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 19964100C0187 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 1996.