A414 crash in Dacorum on 8 January 2000 at 00:15 involving a Vauxhall Nova
A Vauxhall Nova and a car were involved in a crash on the A414 in Dacorum at 00:15 on Saturday 8 January 2000. The 18-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Nova and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Nova were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jan 2000
- Saturday, 00:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Nova and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74874, longitude -0.46476, in the HP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemel Hempstead.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20004100D0009
- Council area
- Dacorum
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 414
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 2004.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 2 April 2004
10 m awayRef 20044100D0318
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 18 March 1993
10 m awayRef 19934100D0098
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 3 December 2001
14 m awayRef 20014100D0502
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 22 February 1980
28 m awayRef 19804141D1053
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 20 November 2008
32 m awayRef 20084100D0891
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 8 November 2007
36 m awayRef 20074100D0889
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)
- 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 20004100D0009 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 2000.