A4125 crash in Three Rivers on 20 April 2002 at 18:10 involving a Yamaha XVS 650 motorcycle
A Yamaha XVS 650 motorcycle, a Vauxhall Cavalier and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A4125 in Three Rivers at 18:10 on Saturday 20 April 2002. The 38-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2002
- Saturday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Yamaha XVS 650 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63828, longitude -0.40158, in the WD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oxhey Hall & Hayling, Three Rivers, WD19 4LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20024100C0193
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4125
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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 20 July 1981.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4125 in Three Rivers, 20 July 1981
14 m awayRef 19814141C2118
Slight
Car crash on the A4125 in Three Rivers, 3 February 1985
14 m awayRef 19854141C2009
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A4125 in Three Rivers, 21 February 2012
22 m awayRef 20124100C0168
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A4125 in Three Rivers, 6 January 2003
28 m awayRef 20034100C0015
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 11 September 2018
28 m awayRef 2018410330067
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A4125 in Three Rivers, 16 December 2013
28 m awayRef 20134100C1127
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha XVS 650
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 649 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 3: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
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 20024100C0193 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 2002.