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Serious M1 crash in Hertsmere on 29 December 1999 at 00:30 involving a Honda Accord

A Honda Accord crashed on the M1 in Hertsmere at 00:30 on Wednesday 29 December 1999. The 39-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 1999
Wednesday, 00:30
Vehicles
1
Honda Accord
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69007, longitude -0.37545, in the WD25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999010SU0950
Council area
Hertsmere
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Accord

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,850 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)

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 1999010SU0950 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1999.