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C road crash in Dacorum AL3 on 9 October 1998 at 09:45 involving a Mazda 626

A car and a Mazda 626 were involved in a crash on a C road in Dacorum at 09:45 on Friday 9 October 1998. The 32-year-old male driver of the car, the 37-year-old male driver of the Mazda 626 and a 35-year-old female passenger in the Mazda 626 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Oct 1998
Friday, 09:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Mazda 626
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.82355, longitude -0.42726, in the AL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Friar's Wash.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984100D0452
Council area
Dacorum
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
Rural
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,991 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 626)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 626)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 19984100D0452 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 1998.