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Serious A412 crash in Three Rivers on 28 November 1997 at 08:55 involving a car

A car crashed on the A412 in Three Rivers at 08:55 on Friday 28 November 1997. The 31-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Nov 1997
Friday, 08:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63004, longitude -0.50288, in the WD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974100C0799
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
412
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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    3,430 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 19974100C0799 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.