A404 crash in Three Rivers on 19 May 2000 at 16:58 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo, a Ford Orion and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A404 in Three Rivers at 16:58 on Friday 19 May 2000. The 31-year-old female driver of the Ford Orion and the 35-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 May 2000
- Friday, 16:58
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Mondeo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63375, longitude -0.46619, in the WD3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rickmansworth.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20004100C0240
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 404
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 43 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2023.
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 14 June 2023
43 m awayRef 2023411324065
Serious
Seat Toledo crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 5 August 2020
49 m awayRef 2020410987075
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 27 July 2003
50 m awayRef 20034100C0921
Slight
Car crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 6 August 1987
51 m awayRef 19874141C2110
Serious
Car crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 28 October 1981
51 m awayRef 19814141C2180
Slight
Car crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 18 May 1987
51 m awayRef 19874141C2068
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
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 20004100C0240 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 2000.