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Serious B651 crash in St Albans on 28 November 1999 at 19:35 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Mercedes 300 were involved in a crash on the B651 in St Albans at 19:35 on Sunday 28 November 1999. The 76-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was seriously injured and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes 300 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Nov 1999
Sunday, 19:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Mercedes 300
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79689, longitude -0.29838, in the AL4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in St Albans

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19994100F0497
Council area
St Albans
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
651
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 300

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,962 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 300)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 19994100F0497 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 1999.