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Unclassified road crash in Hertsmere WD6 on 17 March 1997 at 20:15 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno and a Volkswagen Jetta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere at 20:15 on Monday 17 March 1997. The 19-year-old male driver of the Fiat Uno, a female passenger in the Fiat Uno and a 52-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Jetta were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Mar 1997
Monday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Fiat Uno and Volkswagen Jetta
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65108, longitude -0.26108, 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
199701SA00239
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 March 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,372 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Jetta)

    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 199701SA00239 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.