C road crash in Three Rivers WD4 on 30 October 2003 at 09:39 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Citroen Berlingo and a Leyland DAF Fad 85CF lorry were involved in a crash on a C road in Three Rivers at 09:39 on Thursday 30 October 2003. The 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 56-year-old female driver of the Citroen Berlingo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 2003
- Thursday, 09:39
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69084, longitude -0.44502, in the WD4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gade Valley, Three Rivers, WD4 8RW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20034100C1334
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 1 January 1998.
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Three Rivers, 1 January 1998
10 m awayRef 19984100C0001
Slight
Taxi crash on a C road in Three Rivers, 7 March 1982
36 m awayRef 19824141C1073
Serious
Yamaha YZF R125 crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 28 November 2017
51 m awayRef 2017410246729
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on a C road in Three Rivers, 11 June 2011
64 m awayRef 20114100C0542
Serious
Van crash on a C road in Three Rivers, 4 September 1989
85 m awayRef 19894141C1311
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on a C road in Three Rivers, 18 May 2005
94 m awayRef 20054100C0520
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
Vehicle 3: Leyland DAF Fad 85CF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)
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 20034100C1334 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.