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Serious C road crash in Watford WD17 on 16 December 1998 at 13:12 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van, a Land Rover Discovery and a Nissan Primera were involved in a crash on a C road in Watford at 13:12 on Wednesday 16 December 1998. The 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van, the 37-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Discovery and the 34-year-old male driver of the Nissan Primera were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Dec 1998
Wednesday, 13:12
Vehicles
3
Ford Transit and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65841, longitude -0.39699, in the WD17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984100C0820
Council area
Watford
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 serious injury crash on 19 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    3,528 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Nissan Primera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan Primera)

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 19984100C0820 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.