A4145 crash in Watford on 7 June 2003 at 13:05 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A4145 in Watford at 13:05 on Saturday 7 June 2003. The 32-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra were 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
- 7 Jun 2003
- Saturday, 13:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6463, longitude -0.41633, in the WD18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holywell, Watford, WD18 8AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Watford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20034100C0693
- Council area
- Watford
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4145
- 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
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 slight injury crash on 19 December 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers, 19 December 2009
At the same spotRef 20094100C1243
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A4145 in Watford, 21 November 1996
At the same spotRef 19964100C0756
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A4145 in Watford, 12 August 2014
10 m awayRef 20144100C0852
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A4145 in Watford, 1 February 2015
10 m awayRef 20154100C0133
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A4146 in Watford, 24 June 1996
10 m awayRef 19964100C0386
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4145 in Watford, 27 April 2013
10 m awayRef 20134100C0326
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,766 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 20034100C0693 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Watford road accident statistics for 2003.