Unclassified road crash in Hertsmere WD23 on 20 December 2001 at 08:30 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Vectra and a Ford Fiesta, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere at 08:30 on Thursday 20 December 2001. The 26-year-old female driver of the Rover 100 Series and the 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2001
- Thursday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Vectra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65701, longitude -0.38386, in the WD23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bushey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bushey North, Hertsmere, WD23 2GD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20014100J2005
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 June 1998.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 10 June 1998
At the same spotRef 199801SA00360
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 9 March 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010SA0160
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 8 December 1987
At the same spotRef 198701SA00962
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 21 January 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010SA0051
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 20 December 1986
At the same spotRef 198601SA01015
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 19 October 2002
At the same spotRef 20024100J2820
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,119 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 100 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 100 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 20014100J2005 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 2001.