A602 crash in Stevenage on 8 November 2002 at 12:18 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A602 in Stevenage at 12:18 on Friday 8 November 2002. The 23-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Nov 2002
- Friday, 12:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87357, longitude -0.15355, in the SG2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longmeadow, Stevenage, SG2 8UL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20024100E0670
- Council area
- Stevenage
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 602
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 1982.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 16 December 1982
61 m awayRef 19824141E1331
Slight
Nissan Navara crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 8 December 2010
63 m awayRef 20104100E0579
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 8 November 2002
95 m awayRef 20024100E0653
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 11 July 1986
108 m awayRef 19864141E1138
Serious
Car crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 7 November 1984
108 m awayRef 19844141E1276
Slight
Bedford crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 12 November 1992
114 m awayRef 19924100E1187
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
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 20024100E0670 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.