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Serious C road crash in Dacorum HP3 on 31 July 1996 at 16:15 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Dacorum at 16:15 on Wednesday 31 July 1996. The 31-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured and the 42-year-old male driver of the Volvo 340 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
31 Jul 1996
Wednesday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Volvo 340 and Yamaha
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74501, longitude -0.47214, in the HP3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemel Hempstead.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964100D0290
Council area
Dacorum
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Leaving lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 19964100D0290 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 1996.