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Serious unclassified road crash in Hertsmere WD6 on 4 July 1998 at 11:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere at 11:35 on Saturday 4 July 1998. A 6-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured and the 35-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Jul 1998
Saturday, 11:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65913, longitude -0.27031, in the WD6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Borehamwood.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801SA00409
Council area
Hertsmere
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
5135

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 27 October 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 199801SA00409 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1998.