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Unclassified road crash in Hertsmere WD7 on 10 February 1997 at 08:55 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny, a Ford Fiesta and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere at 08:55 on Monday 10 February 1997. A 10-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Sunny and the 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 1997
Monday, 08:55
Vehicles
3
Nissan Sunny and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6784, longitude -0.30284, in the WD7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701SA00168
Council area
Hertsmere
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 3: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199701SA00168 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.