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B198 crash in Broxbourne on 25 December 1998 at 14:35 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B198 in Broxbourne at 14:35 on Friday 25 December 1998. A 77-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo, the 24-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 205 and a 52-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 205 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 1998
Friday, 14:35
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 205 and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69076, longitude -0.04542, 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
199801YF00955
Council area
Broxbourne
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
198
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 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
A
Second road number
10

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,050 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

    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 199801YF00955 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.