A411 crash in Hertsmere on 20 November 1998 at 07:38 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and two Vauxhall Novas were involved in a crash on the A411 in Hertsmere at 07:38 on Friday 20 November 1998. A 47-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Nov 1998
- Friday, 07:38
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64525, longitude -0.26838, in the WD6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnet.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199801SA00843
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 411
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 31 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2017.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A411 in Hertsmere, 11 January 2017
31 m awayRef 2017410148133
Slight
Car crash on the A411 in Hertsmere, 18 December 1988
54 m awayRef 198801SA01004
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A411 in Hertsmere, 26 November 1993
54 m awayRef 199301SA00891
Serious
Nissan Primera crash on the A411 in Hertsmere, 26 March 2008
58 m awayRef 20084100J2162
Serious
Peugeot 309 crash on the A411 in Hertsmere, 15 January 2000, ref 200001SX00123
63 m awayRef 200001SX00123
Serious
Peugeot 309 crash on the A411 in Hertsmere, 15 January 2000, ref 200001SX00124
63 m awayRef 200001SX00124
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)
- 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 199801SA00843 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.