B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 24 April 2003 at 18:55 involving a Ford Scorpio
A Ford Scorpio, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 18:55 on Thursday 24 April 2003. The 35-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Apr 2003
- Thursday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Scorpio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62011, longitude -0.38806, in the WD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Oxhey, Three Rivers, WD19 7SD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20034100C0474
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4542
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4542
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 2018.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 24 September 2018
8 m awayRef 2018410337972
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 25 July 1994
10 m awayRef 19944100C0399
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 5 May 2015
10 m awayRef 20154100C0488
Slight
Leyland DAF 200 crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 24 September 1997
10 m awayRef 19974100C0623
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 29 December 1998
10 m awayRef 19984100C0839
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 28 October 2014
10 m awayRef 20144100C1093
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Scorpio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
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 20034100C0474 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 2003.