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A41 crash in Three Rivers on 12 June 1998 at 12:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on the A41 in Three Rivers at 12:30 on Friday 12 June 1998. The 22-year-old female driver of the Renault 5 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jun 1998
Friday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Renault 5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6933, longitude -0.43714, in the WD4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984100C0376
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

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 3 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

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 19984100C0376 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.