A1072 crash in Stevenage on 28 November 2001 at 19:40 involving a Vauxhall Frontera
A Vauxhall Frontera and a car were involved in a crash on the A1072 in Stevenage at 19:40 on Wednesday 28 November 2001. The 21-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Frontera was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 2001
- Wednesday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Frontera and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91762, longitude -0.21122, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Town, Stevenage, SG1 3HD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20014100E2483
- Council area
- Stevenage
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1072
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 602
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 2017.
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Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 12 November 2025
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Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 26 April 2011
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Serious
Yamaha R6 crash on the A1072 in Stevenage, 9 September 2006
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Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 25 March 2011
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Frontera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,410 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Frontera)
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 20014100E2483 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 2001.