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A602 crash in Stevenage on 11 March 2002 at 20:15 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A602 in Stevenage at 20:15 on Monday 11 March 2002. The 40-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Mar 2002
Monday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Renault 5 and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92282, longitude -0.21611, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodfield, Stevenage, SG1 4FD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20024100E0146
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
602
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
602

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 20 May 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 20024100E0146 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 2002.