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B486 crash in Dacorum on 12 August 2002 at 06:50 involving a Mitsubishi Colt

A Mitsubishi Colt, a Renault Laguna and a car were involved in a crash on the B486 in Dacorum at 06:50 on Monday 12 August 2002. The 30-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Colt was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Aug 2002
Monday, 06:50
Vehicles
3
Mitsubishi Colt and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79858, longitude -0.65856, in the HP23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tring. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tring Central, Dacorum, HP23 5DH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20024100D5281
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
486
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 1995.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Colt

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,783 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Colt)

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 20024100D5281 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.