B197 crash in Welwyn Hatfield on 19 September 2000 at 08:12 involving a Fiat Seicento
A Fiat Seicento and a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B197 in Welwyn Hatfield at 08:12 on Tuesday 19 September 2000. The 20-year-old female rider of the Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Sep 2000
- Tuesday, 08:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Seicento and Peugeot Speedfight
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.84806, longitude -0.18422, in the AL6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Woolmer Green.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20004100B0597
- Council area
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 197
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 November 2012.
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the B197 in Welwyn Hatfield, 14 November 2012
36 m awayRef 20124100B0625
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B197 in Welwyn Hatfield, 5 October 1981
42 m awayRef 19814141B1155
Slight
Car crash on the B197 in Welwyn Hatfield, 12 October 1985
42 m awayRef 19854141B2166
Slight
Volkswagen Urban crash on the B197 in Welwyn Hatfield, 6 August 2013
72 m awayRef 20134100B0400
Serious
Volvo S40 crash on the B197 in Welwyn Hatfield, 14 April 1999
100 m awayRef 19994100B0097
Slight
Iveco Daily crash on the B197 in Welwyn Hatfield, 26 October 2025
106 m awayRef 2025411676939
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Seicento
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 899 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Speedfight
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 20, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Peugeot Speedfight)
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 20004100B0597 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Welwyn Hatfield road accident statistics for 2000.