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Serious C road crash in Three Rivers WD3 on 5 October 1996 at 14:10 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on a C road in Three Rivers at 14:10 on Saturday 5 October 1996. The 82-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro was seriously injured and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Oct 1996
Saturday, 14:10
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65371, longitude -0.44847, in the WD3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rickmansworth.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964100C0608
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    82 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 19964100C0608 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.