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C road crash in Welwyn Hatfield EN6 on 15 December 2001 at 17:35 involving an Austin Morris Mini

An Austin Morris Mini crashed on a C road in Welwyn Hatfield at 17:35 on Saturday 15 December 2001. The 21-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 2001
Saturday, 17:35
Vehicles
1
Austin Morris Mini
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70989, longitude -0.14127, in the EN6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Welwyn Hatfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20014100B1040
Council area
Welwyn Hatfield
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (side)
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Mini)

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 20014100B1040 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 2001.