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B1529 crash in East Hertfordshire on 4 July 2004 at 02:04 involving a Mercedes 400 minibus

A Mercedes 400 minibus crashed on the B1529 in East Hertfordshire at 02:04 on Sunday 4 July 2004. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jul 2004
Sunday, 02:04
Vehicles
1
Mercedes 400
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86994, longitude 0.15992, in the CM23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bishop's Stortford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishop's Stortford North, East Hertfordshire, CM23 3GP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20044100A0616
Council area
East Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1529
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
20 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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 400

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    2,874 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 400)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 400)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 400)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 400)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 400)

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 20044100A0616 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.