A404 crash in Three Rivers on 3 April 1998 at 14:45 involving a Nissan Primera
A Nissan Primera, a Peugeot 106 and a car were involved in a crash on the A404 in Three Rivers at 14:45 on Friday 3 April 1998. The 18-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 106 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Apr 1998
- Friday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Primera and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65127, longitude -0.48238, in the WD3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chorleywood.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19984100C0198
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 404
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2014.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 15 December 2014
14 m awayRef 20144100C1268
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 15 January 2004
45 m awayRef 20044100C0055
Slight
Porsche Taycan crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 12 November 2025
51 m awayRef 2025411684843
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 14 March 1997
58 m awayRef 19974100C0186
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 25 October 2025
66 m awayRef 2025411661869
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 4 December 2003
67 m awayRef 20034100C1578
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Lane or location
- Leaving lay-by or hard shoulder
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)
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 19984100C0198 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.