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C road crash in Welwyn Hatfield AL9 on 6 February 2003 at 17:35 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on a C road in Welwyn Hatfield at 17:35 on Thursday 6 February 2003. The 50-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Feb 2003
Thursday, 17:35
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73409, longitude -0.21732, in the AL9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Welham Green. It is one of the crashes that make up the Welham Green and Hatfield South, Welwyn Hatfield, AL9 7DR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20034100B0119
Council area
Welwyn Hatfield
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

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 20034100B0119 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Welwyn Hatfield road accident statistics for 2003.