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B4505 crash in Dacorum on 24 November 1998 at 18:13 involving a Volvo 440

A Volvo 440 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B4505 in Dacorum at 18:13 on Tuesday 24 November 1998. A 9-year-old male passenger in the Volvo 440 and the 59-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Nov 1998
Tuesday, 18:13
Vehicles
2
Volvo 440 and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71914, longitude -0.54468, in the HP3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984100D0539
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4505
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 440)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 19984100D0539 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.