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B487 crash in Dacorum on 19 December 2004 at 15:00 involving a Volkswagen Passat taxi

A Volkswagen Passat taxi and a Mazda 323 were involved in a crash on the B487 in Dacorum at 15:00 on Sunday 19 December 2004. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Passat taxi and the 42-year-old female driver of the Mazda 323 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2004
Sunday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Passat and Mazda 323
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76015, longitude -0.45756, in the HP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemel Hempstead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Highfield, Dacorum, HP2 5AT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20044100D1198
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
487
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Taxi

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

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,489 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 323)

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 20044100D1198 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.