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A1081 crash in St Albans on 29 December 2002 at 14:50 involving a Peugeot 106

A car, a Peugeot 106 and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A1081 in St Albans at 14:50 on Sunday 29 December 2002. A male passenger aged under 1 in the Renault Megane, the 30-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane and the 23-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 106 were 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
29 Dec 2002
Sunday, 14:50
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 106 and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.83582, longitude -0.39372, in the AL5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harpenden North & Rural, St Albans, AL5 3QB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20024100F5403
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
1081
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Megane)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Megane)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)

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 20024100F5403 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.