B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 20 September 1999 at 11:20 involving a Hyundai Accent
A Hyundai Accent and a Honda Accord were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 11:20 on Monday 20 September 1999. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 1999
- Monday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai Accent and Honda Accord
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6329, longitude -0.38934, in the WD19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19994100C0552
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4542
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2006.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 18 January 2006
20 m awayRef 20064100C0074
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 20 November 1996
73 m awayRef 19964100C0751
Slight
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 22 November 2011
104 m awayRef 20114100C1142
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 11 January 1979
114 m awayRef 19794141C2013
Serious
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 14 June 1981
114 m awayRef 19814141C2101
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 11 February 2025
166 m awayRef 2025411567186
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Accent
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,341 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Accord)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Accord)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Accord)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 19994100C0552 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 1999.