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Fatal A4125 crash in Three Rivers on 3 November 1997 at 11:35 involving a Mercedes 190

A Mercedes 190 crashed on the A4125 in Three Rivers at 11:35 on Monday 3 November 1997. A 91-year-old male passenger was killed and the 52-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Nov 1997
Monday, 11:35
Vehicles
1
Mercedes 190
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62242, longitude -0.40895, in the HA6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974100C0707
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4125
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 91, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)

    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 19974100C0707 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.