A414 crash in East Hertfordshire on 23 April 2003 at 13:20 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A414 in East Hertfordshire at 13:20 on Wednesday 23 April 2003. The 37-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Apr 2003
- Wednesday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79594, longitude -0.08451, in the SG14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hertford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hertford Castle, East Hertfordshire, SG14 1DA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20034100A0391
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 November 1999.
Serious
Renault 5 crash on the A414 in East Hertfordshire, 24 November 1999
At the same spotRef 19994100A0510
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A414 in East Hertfordshire, 2 February 2001
10 m awayRef 20014100A0118
Slight
Car crash on the A414 in East Hertfordshire, 7 December 2011
10 m awayRef 20114100A0736
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire, 20 August 1993
20 m awayRef 19934100A0379
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A414 in East Hertfordshire, 24 October 2025
21 m awayRef 2025411683166
Slight
Audi Q7 crash on the A414 in East Hertfordshire, 7 January 2022
22 m awayRef 2022411131030
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
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 20034100A0391 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2003.