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A412 crash in Three Rivers on 10 December 1996 at 19:10 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta, a Rover 600 Series and an Audi 80 were involved in a crash on the A412 in Three Rivers at 19:10 on Tuesday 10 December 1996. The 39-year-old male driver of the Rover 600 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 1996
Tuesday, 19:10
Vehicles
3
Ford Fiesta and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62615, longitude -0.50763, in the WD3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maple Cross.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964100C0809
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
412
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, street lights lit
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 24 May 2006.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 600 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 600 Series)

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 19964100C0809 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.