A4251 crash in Dacorum on 29 May 2002 at 12:10 involving a Citroen Berlingo
A Citroen Berlingo and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A4251 in Dacorum at 12:10 on Wednesday 29 May 2002. The 24-year-old female driver of the Citroen Berlingo and a 2-year-old male passenger in the Citroen Berlingo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 May 2002
- Wednesday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Berlingo and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75622, longitude -0.55129, in the HP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Berkhamsted. It is one of the crashes that make up the Berkhamsted Castle, Dacorum, HP4 2EQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20024100D0180
- 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
- 4251
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 1998.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 4 January 1998
At the same spotRef 19984100D0007
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 19 June 1996
At the same spotRef 19964100D0239
Serious
Skoda Citigo crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 4 November 2022
6 m awayRef 2022411251157
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 10 September 1993
10 m awayRef 19934100D0328
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 23 July 1999
10 m awayRef 19994100D0279
Slight
Bus crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 27 April 1996
10 m awayRef 19964100D0182
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 957 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 20024100D0180 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.