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Serious unclassified road crash in Dacorum HP2 on 4 May 1997 at 22:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum at 22:30 on Sunday 4 May 1997. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 May 1997
Sunday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Austin Metro
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75259, longitude -0.4264, in the HP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemel Hempstead.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974100D0186
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 6 September 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 19974100D0186 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.