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A411 crash in Watford on 16 October 1998 at 21:40 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on the A411 in Watford at 21:40 on Friday 16 October 1998. A 27-year-old male pedestrian and a 20-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 1998
Friday, 21:40
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65001, longitude -0.38745, in the WD17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford.

Map of where the crash happened in Watford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984100C0672
Council area
Watford
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
411
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
411

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 20 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 19984100C0672 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Watford road accident statistics for 1998.