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C road crash in Three Rivers WD5 on 14 May 2001 at 21:31 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on a C road in Three Rivers at 21:31 on Monday 14 May 2001. The 18-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
14 May 2001
Monday, 21:31
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70496, longitude -0.41211, in the WD5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abbots Langley and Kings Langley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leavesden, Three Rivers, WD5 0XB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20014100C0240
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Unclassified

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 20014100C0240 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 2001.