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Serious C road crash in Three Rivers WD4 on 12 September 1997 at 17:35 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on a C road in Three Rivers at 17:35 on Friday 12 September 1997. A 10-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and the 41-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Sep 1997
Friday, 17:35
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71548, longitude -0.44202, in the WD4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abbots Langley and Kings Langley.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974100C0595
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 19974100C0595 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 1997.