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A10 crash in Broxbourne on 1 January 1998 at 14:10 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Citroen ZX were involved in a crash on the A10 in Broxbourne at 14:10 on Thursday 1 January 1998. An 86-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and the 52-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Jan 1998
Thursday, 14:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Citroen ZX
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69174, longitude -0.04495, in the EN8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Broxbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801YF00001
Council area
Broxbourne
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
10
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
B
Second road number
198

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 2 April 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199801YF00001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxbourne road accident statistics for 1998.