A414 crash in Dacorum on 3 September 1996 at 17:23 involving a Seat Cordoba
A Seat Cordoba, a Citroen AX and a Nissan Cabstar van were involved in a crash on the A414 in Dacorum at 17:23 on Tuesday 3 September 1996. The 28-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Sep 1996
- Tuesday, 17:23
- Vehicles
- 3
- Seat Cordoba and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7562, longitude -0.427, in the HP2 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19964100D0344
- Council area
- Dacorum
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 414
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 2015.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 1 September 2015
3 m awayRef 20154100D0457
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 20 June 1996
10 m awayRef 19964100D0238
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 10 February 2024
18 m awayRef 2024411409338
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 24 April 2021
22 m awayRef 2021411039723
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 20 December 2011
22 m awayRef 20114100D0908
Slight
Lorry crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 2 October 1995
22 m awayRef 19954100D0378
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Seat Cordoba
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,527 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Nissan Cabstar
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)
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 19964100D0344 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.