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A4147 crash in Dacorum on 26 April 1997 at 17:00 involving a Renault 19

A Renault 19 and a Jaguar Sovereign were involved in a crash on the A4147 in Dacorum at 17:00 on Saturday 26 April 1997. The 22-year-old female driver of the Renault 19 and the 36-year-old female driver of the Jaguar Sovereign were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Apr 1997
Saturday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Renault 19 and Jaguar Sovereign
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76552, longitude -0.47928, in the HP1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974100D0177
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4147
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4146

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Jaguar Sovereign

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    3,980 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 19)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Jaguar Sovereign)

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 19974100D0177 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.