B1502 crash in East Hertfordshire on 2 November 1998 at 16:00 involving a Ford Scorpio
A Ford Scorpio and a car were involved in a crash on the B1502 in East Hertfordshire at 16:00 on Monday 2 November 1998. The 40-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Nov 1998
- Monday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Scorpio and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78684, longitude -0.01561, 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
- 19984100A0472
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1502
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- 414
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 2011.
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the B1502 in East Hertfordshire, 18 September 2011
At the same spotRef 20114100A0584
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1502 in East Hertfordshire, 7 February 2012
At the same spotRef 20124100A0058
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B1502 in East Hertfordshire, 20 March 2014
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Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B1502 in East Hertfordshire, 28 August 2009
At the same spotRef 20094100A0525
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Mini Cooper crash on the B1502 in East Hertfordshire, 6 April 2015
5 m awayRef 20154100A0176
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Hyundai i20 crash on the B1502 in East Hertfordshire, 17 November 2019
9 m awayRef 2019410910157
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Scorpio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 19984100A0472 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.