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Unclassified road crash in Hertsmere WD23 on 24 July 1998 at 19:17 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Carbodies Taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere at 19:17 on Friday 24 July 1998. The 53-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jul 1998
Friday, 19:17
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Carbodies Taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65553, longitude -0.38379, in the WD23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bushey.

Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801SA00474
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
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 23 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Carbodies Taxi

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199801SA00474 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.