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Serious B488 crash in Dacorum on 16 July 1997 at 00:25 involving a Rover 600 Series

A Rover 600 Series and a taxi were involved in a crash on the B488 in Dacorum at 00:25 on Wednesday 16 July 1997. The 27-year-old male driver of the Rover 600 Series and the 25-year-old male driver of the taxi were seriously injured and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Rover 600 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jul 1997
Wednesday, 00:25
Vehicles
2
Rover 600 Series and taxi
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8009, longitude -0.66808, in the HP23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tring.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974100D0301
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
488
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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 slight injury crash on 16 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 600 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 600 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 600 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

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 19974100D0301 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.