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B653 crash in St Albans on 20 December 1999 at 02:30 involving a Toyota Carina

A Toyota Carina crashed on the B653 in St Albans at 02:30 on Monday 20 December 1999. A 25-year-old male passenger, a 20-year-old male passenger and a 19-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 1999
Monday, 02:30
Vehicles
1
Toyota Carina
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.83653, longitude -0.35407, in the LU2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in St Albans

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19994100F0533
Council area
St Albans
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
653
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 19 December 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Carina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Carina)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Carina)

    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 19994100F0533 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.