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A4146 crash in Dacorum on 31 March 2004 at 20:55 involving a Nissan Primastar van

A Nissan Primastar van and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on the A4146 in Dacorum at 20:55 on Wednesday 31 March 2004. The 24-year-old male driver of the Nissan Primastar van, a 28-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Primastar van and the 22-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 2004
Wednesday, 20:55
Vehicles
2
Nissan Primastar and Citroen Saxo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74788, longitude -0.47507, in the HP1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Apsley and Corner Hall, Dacorum, HP3 9YT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20044100D0286
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4146
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Primastar

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primastar)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primastar)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)

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 20044100D0286 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 2004.