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C road crash in Dacorum HP4 on 4 October 1999 at 10:15 involving a Vauxhall Calibra

A Vauxhall Calibra and an MG Metro were involved in a crash on a C road in Dacorum at 10:15 on Monday 4 October 1999. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Calibra and the 48-year-old male driver of the MG Metro were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Oct 1999
Monday, 10:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Calibra and MG Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75692, longitude -0.58677, in the HP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Berkhamsted.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19994100D0389
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

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

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Calibra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: MG Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Calibra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG Metro)

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 19994100D0389 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 1999.