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Serious unclassified road crash in St Albans AL2 on 8 April 2004 at 22:50 involving a Jeep Cherokee

A Jeep Cherokee crashed on an unclassified road in St Albans at 22:50 on Thursday 8 April 2004. The 43-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Apr 2004
Thursday, 22:50
Vehicles
1
Jeep Cherokee
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73426, longitude -0.37821, in the AL2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Stephen, St Albans, AL2 3NT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in St Albans

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20044100F4342
Council area
St Albans
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 58 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Jeep Cherokee

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    3,125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jeep Cherokee)

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 20044100F4342 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 2004.