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Unclassified road crash in Watford WD18 on 7 April 2001 at 21:52 involving a BMW 3 Series

A car and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Watford at 21:52 on Saturday 7 April 2001. The 24-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Apr 2001
Saturday, 21:52
Vehicles
2
Car and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65628, longitude -0.40268, in the WD18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Watford, WD17 1BP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Watford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20014100C0176
Council area
Watford
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4178

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
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,470 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,766 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

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 20014100C0176 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Watford road accident statistics for 2001.