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Fatal A41 crash in Dacorum on 24 April 2002 at 05:20 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno hit a pedestrian on the A41 in Dacorum at 05:20 on Wednesday 24 April 2002. A 57-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Apr 2002
Wednesday, 05:20
Vehicles
1
Fiat Uno
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7623, longitude -0.6008, in the HP4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20024100D0109
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,116 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 57, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 20024100D0109 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 2002.