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A507 crash in East Hertfordshire on 19 May 1997 at 11:45 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and an ERF lorry were involved in a crash on the A507 in East Hertfordshire at 11:45 on Monday 19 May 1997. The 39-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 May 1997
Monday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and ERF
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94666, longitude -0.08219, in the SG9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974100A0224
Council area
East Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
507
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1037

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: ERF

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 19974100A0224 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1997.