B656 crash in North Hertfordshire on 10 April 2002 at 11:25 involving a Rover 600 Series
A Rover 600 Series, a Toyota MR2 and a Volvo C70 were involved in a crash on the B656 in North Hertfordshire at 11:25 on Wednesday 10 April 2002. The 47-year-old female driver of the Toyota MR2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Apr 2002
- Wednesday, 11:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover 600 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8426, longitude -0.22726, in the AL6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Woolmer Green.
Map of where the crash happened in North Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20024100B0318
- Council area
- North Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 656
- Road type
- Single 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 May 2002.
Serious
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the B656 in Welwyn Hatfield, 29 May 2002
14 m awayRef 20024100B0487
Slight
Volvo 740 crash on the B656 in North Hertfordshire, 23 July 1998
50 m awayRef 19984100G0240
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B656 in North Hertfordshire, 12 March 1996
72 m awayRef 19964100G0092
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B656 in Welwyn Hatfield, 16 December 2003
78 m awayRef 20034100B1068
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B656 in North Hertfordshire, 22 June 1997
78 m awayRef 19974100B0218
Slight
Nissan Primastar crash on the B656 in North Hertfordshire, 23 February 2010
86 m awayRef 20104100G0094
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover 600 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota MR2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Volvo C70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,435 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota MR2)
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 20024100B0318 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2002.