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Unclassified road crash in Hertsmere WD6 on 11 February 1997 at 14:00 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere at 14:00 on Tuesday 11 February 1997. A male passenger aged under 1 in the Rover 200 Series, a male passenger aged under 1 in the Rover 200 Series and a 2-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Feb 1997
Tuesday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Austin Maestro
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65067, longitude -0.26991, in the WD6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Borehamwood.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701SA00138
Council area
Hertsmere
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    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 199701SA00138 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1997.