B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 14 March 1998 at 11:10 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 11:10 on Saturday 14 March 1998. The 40-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Mar 1998
- Saturday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62006, longitude -0.38043, in the WD19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19984100C0162
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4542
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 March 2018.
Serious
BMW X1 crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 30 March 2018
4 m awayRef 2018410284133
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 23 July 1998
10 m awayRef 19984100C0464
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 5 October 2008
10 m awayRef 20084100C1025
Slight
Honda CB600F crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 14 December 2013
10 m awayRef 20134100C1124
Slight
Van crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 13 June 1986
22 m awayRef 19864141C2115
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 5 July 1980
22 m awayRef 19804141C2101
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 957 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 19984100C0162 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 1998.