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Fatal A41 crash in Dacorum on 21 July 2002 at 01:30 involving a Toyota Hiace minibus

A Toyota Hiace minibus and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A41 in Dacorum at 01:30 on Sunday 21 July 2002. A 24-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Hiace minibus was killed, five other people were seriously injured and nine were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 Jul 2002
Sunday, 01:30
Vehicles
2
Toyota Hiace and minibus
Casualties
15
1 killed, 5 seriously injured, 9 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7602, longitude -0.59768, in the HP4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Northchurch, Dacorum, HP4 3TR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20024100DA145
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 February 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hiace

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    2,446 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    2,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (15)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 24, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 13: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 14: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 15: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

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 20024100DA145 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.