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Fatal unclassified road crash in Hertsmere WD7 on 25 October 1998 at 17:10 involving a Ford Fiesta

A motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere at 17:10 on Sunday 25 October 1998. The 31-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
25 Oct 1998
Sunday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68739, longitude -0.2782, in the WD7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shenley.

Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801SA00712
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
Rural
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 199801SA00712 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.