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A4251 crash in Dacorum on 4 April 2000 at 11:38 involving a Scania bus

A Scania bus and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A4251 in Dacorum at 11:38 on Tuesday 4 April 2000. The 36-year-old male driver of the Scania bus and the 22-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Apr 2000
Tuesday, 11:38
Vehicles
2
Scania and Honda Civic
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78294, longitude -0.61263, in the HP23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20004100D0141
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4251
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,343 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

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 20004100D0141 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.