A414 crash in St Albans on 24 April 2002 at 13:07 involving a Fiat Uno
A Fiat Uno, a Renault Megane and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A414 in St Albans at 13:07 on Wednesday 24 April 2002. The 50-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Apr 2002
- Wednesday, 13:07
- Vehicles
- 3
- Fiat Uno and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72989, longitude -0.31002, in the AL2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the London Colney, St Albans, AL2 1EB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in St Albans
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20024100F4428
- Council area
- St Albans
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 414
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 2002.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A414 in St Albans, 18 July 2002
10 m awayRef 20024100F4762
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A414 in St Albans, 7 March 2007
10 m awayRef 20074100F4218
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A414 in St Albans, 7 February 2022
10 m awayRef 2022411160802
Slight
Mazda MX-3 crash on the A414 in St Albans, 27 October 2005
14 m awayRef 20054100F5002
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A414 in St Albans, 8 March 2009
20 m awayRef 20094100F4177
Serious
Car crash on the A405 in St Albans, 26 December 1988
22 m awayRef 19884141B1391
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 20024100F4428 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 2002.