Serious C road crash in East Hertfordshire SG11 on 21 May 2004 at 23:26 involving a car
A car hit three pedestrians on a C road in East Hertfordshire at 23:26 on Friday 21 May 2004. A 20-year-old male pedestrian and a 20-year-old male pedestrian were seriously injured and a 20-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 May 2004
- Friday, 23:26
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88686, longitude 0.02239, in the SG11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Puckeridge and Standon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Braughing & Standon, East Hertfordshire, SG11 1FA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20044100A0439
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- 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
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 47 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2020.
Slight
Honda CRV crash on an unclassified road in East Hertfordshire, 3 September 2020
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Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire, 27 August 1997
58 m awayRef 19974100A0397
Serious
Car crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire, 10 November 1984
89 m awayRef 19844141A2149
Slight
Hyundai Tucson crash on an unclassified road in East Hertfordshire, 9 December 2025
93 m awayRef 2025411695389
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire, 2 September 1999
157 m awayRef 19994100A0368
Slight
Vehicle crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire, 21 October 1987
184 m awayRef 19874141A2183
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 3: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
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 20044100A0439 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2004.