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A1170 crash in East Hertfordshire on 1 July 1998 at 10:02 involving a Peugeot 505

A Peugeot 505 and a Volvo 940 were involved in a crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire at 10:02 on Wednesday 1 July 1998. The 75-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 505 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Jul 1998
Wednesday, 10:02
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 505 and Volvo 940
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79987, longitude -0.02069, in the SG12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984100A0277
Council area
East Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1170
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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 1 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 505

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    2,304 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,383 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 505)

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 19984100A0277 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1998.