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Serious A41 crash in Dacorum on 17 February 1997 at 07:16 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf crashed on the A41 in Dacorum at 07:16 on Monday 17 February 1997. The 28-year-old female driver and a 31-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Feb 1997
Monday, 07:16
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7445, longitude -0.50953, in the HP1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974100D0062
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 1 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    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 19974100D0062 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 1997.