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Serious B487 crash in Dacorum on 21 October 1996 at 18:03 involving a Mazda Xedos

A Mazda Xedos and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the B487 in Dacorum at 18:03 on Monday 21 October 1996. The 22-year-old female driver of the Rover 400 Series was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Oct 1996
Monday, 18:03
Vehicles
2
Mazda Xedos and Rover 400 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77531, longitude -0.43749, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964100D0419
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
487
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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 serious injury crash on 18 February 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda Xedos

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 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 19964100D0419 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.