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Serious A1072 crash in Stevenage on 20 January 2003 at 19:44 involving a Peugeot Partner

A Peugeot Partner and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A1072 in Stevenage at 19:44 on Monday 20 January 2003. The 58-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Partner, the 61-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 70-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jan 2003
Monday, 19:44
Vehicles
2
Peugeot Partner and Ford Focus
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89701, longitude -0.2103, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Town, Stevenage, SG1 1LZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20034100E0030
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1072
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 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
A
Second road number
1070

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Partner)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    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 20034100E0030 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 2003.