B197 crash in North Hertfordshire on 22 February 1998 at 23:23 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the B197 in North Hertfordshire at 23:23 on Sunday 22 February 1998. A 21-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 1998
- Sunday, 23:23
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86907, longitude -0.18499, in the SG3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Knebworth.
Map of where the crash happened in North Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19984100G0070
- Council area
- North Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 197
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 December 2004.
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on the B197 in Stevenage, 11 December 2004
22 m awayRef 20044100G1007
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire, 10 April 1997
22 m awayRef 19974100G0115
Slight
Honda CBR125R crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire, 26 March 2012
22 m awayRef 20124100G0149
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire, 2 December 2015
33 m awayRef 20154100G0682
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire, 7 December 1991
60 m awayRef 19914141E0637
Slight
Car crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire, 30 January 1988
60 m awayRef 19884141E1026
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 19984100G0070 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1998.