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Unclassified road crash in Watford WD24 on 16 June 2003 at 00:51 involving a Seat Toledo

A Seat Toledo, a Suzuki Alto and a Volvo V40 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Watford at 00:51 on Monday 16 June 2003. A 19-year-old female passenger in the Seat Toledo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jun 2003
Monday, 00:51
Vehicles
3
Seat Toledo and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67109, longitude -0.40115, in the WD24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Callowland, Watford, WD24 7BH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20034100C0778
Council area
Watford
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 31 May 1996.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Toledo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    2,324 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Alto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,061 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volvo V40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,948 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Toledo)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 20034100C0778 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.