A404 crash in Three Rivers on 25 July 2003 at 16:25 involving a Mazda 323
A Mazda 323 and an Audi A2 were involved in a crash on the A404 in Three Rivers at 16:25 on Friday 25 July 2003. The 58-year-old male driver of the Mazda 323 and an 82-year-old male passenger in the Mazda 323 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jul 2003
- Friday, 16:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 323 and Audi A2
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66039, longitude -0.5104, in the WD3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorleywood North & Sarratt, Three Rivers, WD3 5LW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20034100C0923
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 404
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 1992.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 3 August 1992
At the same spotRef 19924100C0338
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 25 September 2008
At the same spotRef 20084100C0990
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 13 December 1995
At the same spotRef 19954100C0769
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 18 October 1994
At the same spotRef 19944100C0548
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 9 May 1997
At the same spotRef 19974100C0287
Slight
Toyota Hilux crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 12 January 2022
8 m awayRef 2022411139321
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,489 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)
- 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 20034100C0923 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.