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A602 crash in Stevenage on 25 February 1997 at 00:05 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A602 in Stevenage at 00:05 on Tuesday 25 February 1997. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Feb 1997
Tuesday, 00:05
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88801, longitude -0.18307, in the SG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage.

Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974100E0046
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
602
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 February 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    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 19974100E0046 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 1997.